Plain English Breakdown
The official status indicates the bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, but no effective date is listed in the provided metadata.
California Guaranteed Income Statewide Feasibility Study Act
This law requires state officials to hire experts to study how California could design, fund, and implement a permanent statewide guaranteed income program.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the Department of Social Services to contract with outside groups to create recommendations for designing, funding, and implementing a permanent Guaranteed Income Program.
- Asks contractors to examine the benefits and challenges of expanding these programs to reach more socially and economically vulnerable people in areas with high living costs.
- Uses lessons learned from existing pilot programs that currently help foster youth aging out of care and pregnant individuals.
- Requires other state departments to share necessary data with the Department of Social Services for this study.
- Mandates a report on whether expanding the program statewide is feasible be sent to the Governor, Legislature, and posted online by January 1, 2028.
Who It Names or Affects
- The California State Department of Social Services
- Outside entities hired as contractors to conduct the study
- Other state departments required to share data for the project
Terms To Know
- Guaranteed Income Program
- A program that provides cash payments to participants, currently tested through pilot projects.
- Feasibility Study
- An analysis to determine if a plan is possible and practical before it starts.
- Pilot Program
- A small-scale test of an idea used to learn lessons, such as the current programs for foster youth and pregnant individuals.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill only creates a study and does not immediately start a new statewide income program.
- Funding for this work depends on the state approving money in future budget acts.
- No specific details about who would qualify or how much money people might receive are included yet.