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In Palm Springs, guaranteed income program for transgender residents mulled

LOS ANGELES — The city of Palm Springs will allocate $200,000 to develop a guaranteed income pilot program for transgender and nonbinary residents. City Council members voted unanimously Thursday to pay DAP Health and Queer Works to design the program and apply for state funding, the first of three phases outlined in a city report to bring the proposed project to fruition. The decision arrives ...
Palm Springs has the highest percentage of same-sex couples in California, according to an analysis of U.S. census data by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law.

LOS ANGELES — The city of Palm Springs will allocate $200,000 to develop a guaranteed income pilot program for transgender and nonbinary residents.

City Council members voted unanimously Thursday to pay DAP Health and Queer Works to design the program and apply for state funding, the first of three phases outlined in a city report to bring the proposed project to fruition. The decision arrives amid a flurry of nationwide legislation aimed at restricting the rights of transgender

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