Economics in Brief: Ex Mayor Who Advocated for Guaranteed Income to Advise California Governor

Economics in Brief: Ex Mayor Who Advocated for Guaranteed Income to Advise California Governor

In this photo from July 2018, Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs responds to a question during his appearance before the Sacramento Press Club. Tubbs announced this week that he would be joining the Newsom administration as special advisor for economic opportunity and mobility. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Former Stockton Mayor Who Championed Guaranteed Income Joins Newsom Administration

Michael Tubbs, the former mayor of Stockton, California, whose three-year basic income experiment has been making headlines for how it improved low-income residents’ well-being, will become “special advisor for economic mobility and opportunity” for California Governor Gavin Newsom, the Sacramento Bee reports .

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