Pedestrians cross a street near the Bank of Stockton in Stockton in this 2012 file photo. Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang will talk a lot about giving every U.S. citizen $1,000 a month for life in the first Democratic presidential debate next week. It’s called universal basic income, and it’s Yang’s big issue. But it’s theoretical to him — he’s never held elective office.
Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs has been running a pilot program on basic income in his city since February. And the whole world is watching to see how it works in a city that has no shortage of […]
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