Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a press conference in Oakland, Calif. on Sept. 15, 2021. The governor announced a pilot program Friday that will provide $1,200 monthly income to 150 former foster youth in San Francisco. (Bay City News file photot)

San Francisco will provide 150 former foster youths guaranteed incomes of $1,200 a month under a state-funded pilot program announced last week.

The program, financed through the Department of Social Services, “will provide unconditional, individual, regular cash payments intended to disrupt poverty, advance equity, and support the basic needs of recipients,” according to a press release Friday from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office.

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