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Economy Jovan Bravo, 31, at the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration headquarters. He’s one of 125 residents receiving $500 a month from the pilot project. Photo by Sammy Caiola Stockton is halfway through an 18-month program that provides $500 a month to 125 people from low-income ZIP codes. Proponents say the program is a step toward economic equality; opponents say it’s unrealistic and enabling.Michael Tubbs remembers watching his mother strain to make ends meet in his childhood home in Stockton.“At the end of the month, it took magic to make everything pencil out,” […]
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