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Related: About this forumYoung California mayor sees value in paying poor to rise up
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- A $500 monthly check for low-income residents, cash stipends for men most likely to commit violent crimes and $1,000 college scholarships for public high school graduates.
These are the bold initiatives 27-year-old Mayor Michael Tubbs is launching in Stockton, California, one of the state's most financially strapped and crime-ridden cities. The Stanford-educated son of a mother who relied in part on public food assistance programs and an incarcerated father, Tubbs thinks that giving people even a small leg up can make a radical change.
"The majority of people are actually smart and rational," Tubbs said Tuesday in an appearance at the Sacramento Press Club. "You trust folks; you give folks money, nine times out of 10 they're not going to do any harm."
All three programs are funded by private donations from benefactors such as the Spanos family, which owns the Los Angeles Chargers football team, the utility giant Pacific Gas and Electric and an organization called the Economic Security Project, co-chaired by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes.
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Mopar151
(9,965 posts)He's 100% right on the local economic boost, and the effectiveness of direct aid.