The city stated that the program is only for individuals who meet a poverty threshold.
LA tried a similar program a while back and the grift is that the super poor targeted by these things aren’t likely to be the types to wait in line and do a bunch of complicated paperwork. They’re too busy bussing tables and taking public transit to and from work for this to be on their radar. Either that or they’re mentally ill transients.
$200,000 is literal pennies for something like this.
This is going to a minute handful of people, which means it's going to people who have sex with officials and nobody else.
LA tried a similar program a while back and the grift is that the super poor targeted by these things aren’t likely to be the types to wait in line and do a bunch of complicated paperwork. They’re too busy bussing tables and taking public transit to and from work for this to be on their radar. Either that or they’re mentally ill transients.