In honor of our city’s birthday we asked 26 leaders, doers, and innovators to share their birthday wish for the City of Angels.

Happy Birthday, LA!

2016 My LA2050 grantee, Covenant House California, is highlighted for its Building Precise Barber College program.

How This Entrepreneur Survived A Traumatic Brain Injury And Now Runs A Barber College For Homeless Students

Today, the Goldhirsh Foundation announces the winners for its annual My LA2050 Grants Challenge, a $1 million online crowdsourced competition for creative ideas that shape the future of LA.

My LA2050 $1 Million Grants Challenge Winners Announced

Next year, a random sample of the 300,000 residents of Stockton, a port city in California’s Central Valley, will get $500 per month ($6,000 a year) with no strings attached. It’s the latest test of a policy known as basic income, funded not out of city revenues but by individual and foundation philanthropy.

3 Years Ago, Stockton, California, was Bankrupt. Now It’s Trying Out a Basic Income.

Today, the Goldhirsh Foundation has announced the winners of the 2018 My LA2050 Activation Challenge, an open call for ideas designed to activate 100,000 Angelenos to make LA the best place to learn, create, play, connect, and live.

And the My LA2050 Winners Are…

Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs says that for way too long, his city has been known for headlines about bankruptcy, violent crime and the housing collapse. In the future, he wants it to be known as a place willing to test bold solutions.

Stockton’s Young Mayor has Bold Turnaround Plan: Basic Income and Stipends for Potential Shooters

Republicans in Congress certainly talk a good game about helping the poor and middle class, arguing, however unconvincingly, that their rewrite of the tax code will amount to more than just a giveaway to the rich. But all their shameless maneuvering is really doing is making once-crazy, semi-socialistic economic ideas, such as universal basic income, seem sane.

Forget the GOP Tax Plan. Stockton Has a Real Solution for Poverty – Free Money

A $1 million “basic income” experiment in Stockton has received an additional $250,000 contribution, Mayor Michael Tubbs’ office announced Thursday afternoon. The Goldhirsh Foundation announced it will match up to $250,000 in donations to Stockton’s recently revealed basic income program, which has been dubbed the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED).

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