Michael Tubbs, California Governor Newsom’s new “Anti-Poverty Czar” and former mayor of Stockton, CA, returns to our podcast to update us on his new book, The Deeper the Roots: A Memoir of Hope and Home, his growing family, and his latest venture, EPIC (End Poverty in California).

He and Steve discuss the false and harmful perceptions against poor people, creative solutions to building wealth for all Americans, and the disproportionate impact of poverty on foster youth.

Michael also provides an update on the network he founded a few years ago called Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and how ending poverty in California can provide a roadmap for the rest of the country.

REFERENCES:

Michael Tubbs - @MichaelDTubbs

Organizations

End Poverty in California (EPIC) https://endpovertyinca.org

Mayors for a Guaranteed Income https://mayorsforagi.org

The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) https://stocktondemonstration.org

The Atlantic // Annie Lowrey – A Cheap, Race-Neutral Way to Close the Racial Wealth Gap https://theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/close-racial-wealth-gap-baby-bonds/613525

LA Times // Mackenzie Mays – Nearly a century after Upton Sinclair’s campaign, is California really ready to end poverty? https://latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-11/nearly-a-century-after-upton-sinclair-campaign-is-california-really-ready-to-end-poverty

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom // Press Release – Former Stockton Mayor Michael D. Tubbs Named Special Advisor for Economic Mobility and Opportunity https://gov.ca.gov/2021/03/11/former-stockton-mayor-michael-d-tubbs-named-special-advisor-for-economic-mobility-and-opportunity

Michael Tubbs – "The Deeper the Roots" https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250173447

Martin Luther King, Jr. – "Where Do We Go From Here" https://goodreads.com/book/show/211888.Where_Do_We_Go_from_Here

Lorraine Hansberry – "A Raisin in the Sun" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun

Maid - Netflix Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid_(miniseries)