Michael Tubbs

Michael Tubbs served as the seventy-ninth mayor of Stockton, CA, his hometown. He was the city&squo;s first Black mayor and the youngest ever mayor of a major American city. He is the founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and a Special Advisor to California Governor Newsom on Economic Mobility. Tubbs has been a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics, the MIT Media Lab, and the Stanford Design School. He has also served as a Stockton city councilmember and a high school educator. He lives with his partner, Anna Malakai Tubbs, and their children.