I feel like the Bay Area consistently has the resources and brainpower to do the right thing, yet it always does the exact wrong thing with the best intentions.

I feel like the Bay Area consistently has the resources and brainpower to do the right thing, yet it always does the exact wrong thing with the best intentions. A fundamental issue with UBI is getting broad support for it. The U part of UBI is universal for a reason. By making the income universal you get broader support. All human beings want the guarantee of some baseline support to fall back on in bad times ... even the wealthiest people can imagine losing everything. That's why they would support UBI. But if you make the U stand for "Us Only" as in some small chosen group ... then there will not be broad support. It will literally be seen as taking from Sean to pay Shanice. It won't be sign as a baseline right for everyone. Oakland has basically set back UBI by doing this nonsense. First of all, I'd like everyone to stop calling Oakland's program UBI. Its not UBI. Its just a bribe to shore up this particular politicians base in a city that is majority Black voters. I'm so glad I've moved away from the Bay.