Stockton mayor who pushed guaranteed income isn’t reelected

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – One of the country’s youngest mayors, who drew national attention for launching a privately funded program to provide poor people with a guaranteed income of $ 500 a month, admitted he was Had lost the offer for re-election in his California city.

Four years after winning more than 70% of the vote, 30-year-old Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs lost more than 10 percentage points.

He conceded the race on Tuesday to Kevin Lincoln after an update to the ballots counted showed he had nearly 12,000 votes behind and fewer than 12,000 ballots to count.“I am honored to have […]

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