One of the more surprising results from November’s election was the surprise defeat of Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs in his bid for re-election to a Republican upstart Kevin Lincoln, a pastor and former George W. Bush administration official who is both black and Latino.
Tubbs won national attention for his implementation of a universal basic income program in the city, paying selected residents $500 per month. The program was highly controversial and had questionable results at best.
As PRI’s Kerry Jackson wrote last year about the initial audit of the program, “forty percent (of the money given to residents) was transferred […]
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