Stockton’s Guaranteed Income Program, Led by Indian American Sukhi Samra, Aims to Be Implemented Nationwide

Stockton’s Guaranteed Income Program, Led by Indian American Sukhi Samra, Aims to Be Implemented Nationwide

Led by director Sukhi Samra, the Stockton, Calif.-based Economic Empowerment Demonstration is the country’s first mayor-led guaranteed minimum income program. “Our vision is that a guaranteed income, or similar cash-based policies, will be implemented at the state or national level,” she told India-West. (stocktondemonstration.org photo) Michael D. Tubbs had lofty goals after assuming the office of mayor in Stockton, California.

The mayor, who was sworn into the position in January 2017, had the ambitious goal of addressing the poverty in the town.

Inspired by the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who, before his assassination cut his life short, had […]

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