Mayor of Stockton, California, Michael Tubbs, city’s first ever African-American mayor, introduced a basic income policy two months ago. Through the policy, the city is distributing $500 monthly stipends to low-income residents in the city. He says that this could be considered a solution to poverty.
Tubbs, who is 28 years old, was elected mayor Stockton in 2016 when he was 26 – probably the youngest mayor ever. He’s received two degrees from Stanford, interned at the White House, secured a $10,000 donation from Oprah for his city council campaign, and been endorsed as a mayoral candidate by former president […]
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