“In Palm Springs, California, “transgender residents to receive a monthly payment of $900.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Jan 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The city launched a 2023 universal basic income pilot program that provides $800 — not $900 — monthly payments to 30 eligible recipients, but the program was not exclusively available to transgender people.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 January 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 January 2024, 10 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/C1n-xCOrLVa/
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