UNDER INVESTIGATION.

APPROACH TO TACKLE INCOME

INEQUALITY WILL BE A REALITY IN

STOCKTON.

THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

DEMONSTRATION OR SEED PROGRAM

WILL PROVIDE $500 A MONTH TO

SELECT FAMILIES FOR 18 MONTHS.

WE ARE LIVE IN THE NEWS ROOM

WITH DETAILS.

Reporter: THIS UNIVERSAL

BASIC INCOME PROJECT STARTS IN

NOVEMBER.

A THOUSAND NOTICES WILL BE

MAILED OUT TO FAMILIES IN

STOCKTON NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A

MEDIAN ANNUAL INCOME OF $46,000

OR LESS TO LET RESIDENTS THEY

QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.

RANDOMLY SELECTED THE FIRST

100 RECIPIENT.

Reporter: FREE CASH TO FIGHT

INCOME INEQUALITY.

FOLKS WHO QUALIFY WILL BE

FOLKS THAT LIVE IN

NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE AT OR

BELOW THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME

FOR THE CITY, WHICH IS $46,000.

Reporter: AFTER MONTHS OF

BOUNCING AROUUD THE IDEA,

STOCKTON IS ROLLING OUT THE

PARAMETERS OF ITS NEW SEED

PROGRAM, WHICH THE MAYOR CALLS

AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO HELP THE

ONE IN FOUR FAMILIES LIVING

BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.

IN CALIFORNIA, THE COST OF

LIVING IS 41% HIGHER THAN THE

REST OF THE NATION.

HOUSING COSTS WERE 109% HIGHER

THAN THE REST OF THE NATION.

AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, 40%

OF CALIFORNIANS DON'T HAVE

SAVINGS.

Reporter: BACK IN FEBRUARY,

THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT THE

PROGRAM ON CBS THIS MORNING,

WHERE HE RESPONDED TO CRITICS.

YOU KIND OF KNOW THE FIRST

STOP OF THE CRITICISM IS GIVE

PEOPLE MONEY THEY WOULDN'T

WORK.

IT'S JUST A WELFARE PROGRAM.

THE RESEARCH SAYS SOMETHING

DIFFERENT.

THERE'S A STUDY DONE, I FOUND

4000 TO $6000 A YEAR DID GOOD

THINGS FOR THE FOLKS,

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ROSE.

Reporter: HOW IS THE PROGRAM

BEING PAID FOR?

IT WILL COME BY THE CITY'S

INCOME SECURITY PROJECT.