When Michael Tubbs was the mayor of Stockton, he was among the first civic leaders in the country to experiment with universal basic income. He says bold initiatives are needed to lift up the 15% of Californians who live below the poverty line. The size of California’s economy dwarfs any other state in the U.S. And it’s also the most diverse, thanks to industries like tech, entertainment, agriculture and international trade.
But California harbors a dirty secret: It has one of the highest poverty rates in the country. More than 15% residents here lived in poverty from 2018-2020, second only […]
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