Stockton is piloting a program, financed by private funds to give $500 a month to certain families—so strings attached, just be “poor”. Will they use it for food, shelter, looking for a new job or education? Only time will tell. But the Mayor has made it clear, he wants this to be a government policy and use tax dollars for the whole of Stockton. “Stockton is one of many Bay Area cities on the fringe of the wealth accumulating in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. The Central Valley city went bankrupt in 2012 , and for decades it has […]
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