Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday announced a plan that would distribute a “couple hundred” dollars to people who have been affected by the Trump administration‘s immigration raids.
“You have people who don’t want to leave their homes, who are not going to work, and they are in need of cash,” she said during a news conference announcing the direct assistance.
The Democratic mayor announced the money, which should be available in about a week, would not be coming from the city but instead its philanthropic partners like the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
It wasn’t clear what the qualifications would be to get the money, though it’s been compared to the “Angeleno Cards,” which were given out in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic to residents who were struggling. More than 60,000 people benefited from the Angelino Cards.
Those who donated included Snapchat co-founders Bobby Murphy and his wife, Kelsey Bateman, CEO Evan Spiegel and his wife, supermodel Miranda Kerr, musicians Jonas Brothers, and producer Steve Tisch, to name a few.
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