Mountain View’s City Council has approved more than $1 million in funding for the city’s new guaranteed basic income pilot program.

The funding for the Elevate MV program approved by the council at its Feb. 22 meeting will help provide $500 per month for 12 to 24 months for more than 160 families participating in the pilot.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.