COMMUNITY
▸ The small sum that could lift up a city
MICHAEL TUBBS, MAYOR, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA
Inspired in part by his experience growing up in a poor area of Stockton, California, Michael Tubbs, after taking office in 2017, wanted to address the structural causes of “how dehumanizing our economic system has become.” He chose the “radical policy intervention” of a basic income: The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) is an 18-month pilot where
