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Tag: michael tubbs

Residential buildings in San Francisco on March 4, 2020. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo
Posted inHousing

Is housing a human right? California voters could decide

Avatar photo by Marisa Kendall June 13, 2023June 12, 2023

More than 170,000 people are homeless in California. Some Democrats want to make the state the nation’s first to declare housing a human right, but opponents worry it would be costly.

Construction workers build multifamily housing in San Diego on Jan. 13, 2023. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters
Posted inWhatMatters

Will controversial California housing law become permanent?

Avatar photo by Sameea Kamal February 14, 2023February 14, 2023
Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs responds to a question during his appearance before the Sacramento Press Club on July 10, 2018. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Former Stockton mayor launches nonprofit to end poverty in California

Avatar photo by Alejandro Lazo February 10, 2022February 10, 2022
A Fresno-area politician wants California to prioritize struggling San Joaquin Valley farmworkers in a proposed pilot program that would put cash in the hands of some the state’s impoverished residents.​ Photo by Juan Esparza Loera
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Universal basic income for farmworkers? Some leaders are pushing for it

by Melissa Montalvo June 14, 2021June 14, 2021
Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs speaks during a press conference by Big City Mayors, a coalition of mayors from California’s 13 largest cities focused on finding solutions to homelessness, at the California Capitol on March 9, 2020. Tubbs has launched a universal basic income initiative, Mayors for Guaranteed Income, following the success of a similar program in Stockton. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inPolitics

Podcast: Basic income project goes statewide

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara June 9, 2021June 8, 2021
California Capitol, home of the Assembly and Senate. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

Three mayors and three defeats

by Dan Walters December 16, 2020December 16, 2020
Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs speaks during a press conference by Big City Mayors, a coalition of mayors from California’s 13 largest cities focused on finding solutions to homelessness, at the California Capitol on March 9, 2020. Tubbs has launched a universal basic income initiative, Mayors for Guaranteed Income, following the success of a similar program in Stockton. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Coronavirus pandemic puts a spotlight on Stockton’s guaranteed income experiment

by Laurence Du Sault July 26, 2020April 19, 2023
Posted inWhatMatters

California schools likely closed through summer

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven March 18, 2020August 20, 2021
Presidential candidates are touting endorsements they've received from California politicians known and relatively unknown. Illustration by Anne Wernikoff, elements by Gage Skidmore via Flickr and PeskyMonkey/iStock
Posted inElections

Do endorsements for president even matter?

Avatar photo by Ben Christopher February 6, 2020February 6, 2020
Jovan Bravo, 31, at the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration headquarters. He's one of 125 residents receiving $500 a month from the pilot project.
Posted inEconomy

‘Basic income’ experiment offers Stockton residents a glimpse of the California Dream

by Sammy Caiola, Capital Public Radio October 3, 2019October 15, 2019

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