so thank you so much, h.d. palmer with the department of finance. really appreciate you coming on today. >> thank you for having me. >> up next, google is funding a new guaranteed basic income program aimed at helping hundreds of bay area families avoid homelessness. why the results of this pilot program will be studied closely, and how they could affect all of us that had been recently homeless will receive $1,000 a month to spend, as they will. the trial is being funded by google. joining us live now to talk about it, erica kish, ceo of compass family services, which is running the program along with hamilton families. erica thanks for joining us. thank you. give us the details of this new pilot. i know it's $1,000 a month and 450 families that were recently homeless will get this. for how long? >> so each of the families that are exiting our rental subsidy program and are selected by random design for the program will get $1,000 a month for 12 months. uh- there's a control group receiving $50 a month. we're on a mission to prove that a year of gu