Palm Springs' guaranteed income program should be for more than transgender people

The City of Palm Springs Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Should have included Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) living in Palm Springs. 

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are also identified as particularly vulnerable to unemployment, homelessness, assault, and discrimination.

INCOME

In 2020 Median Household Income in the Census Tracts that include many of Palm Springs BIPOC residents were Census Tract 446.05 Desert Highlands/Gateway Estates, Coyote Run Apartments, Sunrise Santiago Village Mobile Home Park ($36,321) and Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indian Reservation Section 14 Census Tract 9414 ($49,347). In Riverside County Median Household Income was $70,0732.

POVERTY

The Childhood Poverty rates in the Census Tracts were Census Tract 446.05 Desert Highlands/Gateway Estates, Coyote Run Apartments, Sunrise Santiago Village Mobile Home Park (41%) and Census Tract 9414 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indian Reservation Section 14 (62%). For comparison, Riverside County was 16%. Section 14 Childhood Poverty is almost 4 times the rate in Riverside County. 

In both these Census tracts 20 to 30 percent of residents live below the poverty line.

Expanding the Guaranteed Income Program to include BIPOC residents would further address Income Inequality in the City of Palm Springs