governor newsom announced today former mayor of stockton, michael tubbs is his special adviser for economic mobit and opportunity. tubbs was also one of the faces behind the mayor's for guaranteed income program. joining us now former mayor tubbs. congratulations. >> thank you. >> yeah, no, it's great to hear this now in his state of the state tuesday governor newsom committed to fight equality -- or inequality or fight for equality on many fronts. income is definitely front and center. today he made you the point person as his non-paid special adviser for economic mobility and opportunity. what will you do in that role? >> it's a huge mandate as you mentioned. a lot of it is building on the success we have seen. the governor has shown great leadership with the earned income tax credit with the golden state stimulus. a lot of the work will be building on the existing work. supporting the work of mayors throughout the state including the eight mayors in california mayors of guaranteed income. working close will go business and state department and how we can use the resources of the state to

so, michael tubbs, there was the experiment the whole country was what happens when you give $500, nottached, to people. what did you find? >> we found that, number one, in fact, we found that those who received the guaranteed income were more likely to find full time employment and were less likely to be unemployed than they were before the guaranteed income, but also in comparison to the oup of folks in the control group who unfortunately did not receive the guaranteed income. we also saw that, no surprise, that the $500 allowed people to be better able to handle emergencies when they came up to deal with income volatility. we saw that depression decreased. we saw that cortisol levels decreased. we saw that stress and anxiety decreased. and according to the kessler scale, comparable to clinical trials of prozac. which doesn't mean that medicine isn't important, but i think it does mean that economic insecurity has a huge mental health cost and so much the anxiety and stress we see is due to economic insecurity. and then we also saw that people were better able to do the three things

joining us now is the former mayor of stockton, michael tubbs. >> good evening. thanks for having me. >> can we just start with that result, in terms of employment? why do you think that was that people who received this universal basic income found jobs more readily than people who did not? >> well, josh, first, scream that stat from the mountaintops. i spent the last three years arguing with people about how $500 would not make people lazy, would not make people not work. and the reason is simple -- when you're in an economically precarious situation, even taking a day off their part-time job that's hourly with no paid time off is a risk of losing money that you need to pay the bills that are going to come, or it was used for child care or reliable transportation to get transmissions fixed to get to work. so, i'm not surprised and i'm so proud of the folks in stockton for showing all these myths we have about why people struggle and who the people who struggle are are also. people aren't lazy. people aren't waiting for the government to save th

joining us now is former stockton mayor michael tubbs, who founded the city's economic empowerment projectnd just today was named as a special econo. make adviser to governor newsome. mr tubbs. good to have you want today? congratulations i want to know a little bit about what your role is going to be with the newsome administration. and i guess, you know, given your background and what you did in stockton. a lot of folks might wonder. is there a chance that we could see? ah state, universal basic income program here in california. thanks so much for having i'm really excited about my new role with the governor in the administration, and my role will be really laser focused on what the governor called in the sand to stake when the most pressing issues that states preaching preexisting condition if you will, and that's the issue of economic inequality. this issue of lack of opportunity. this issue of economic mobility and to make sure that the golden state danes are broadly sure that people can afford to live. i'm in the great state of california. so that's part of that role. i will absolut

. >> reporter: michael tubbs is the former mayor of he has launched mayors for guaranteed income. >> what did you learn from stockton's program? >> well i learned that all the myths we have about why people struggle in this economy aren't true. could cause people to be able to be more likely to find full time work. be less likely to be unemployed. we saw that the income had positive mental effects similar to prozac. >> using private money, the question is does it sort of move over into the public arena because once you start a program up and it's generous and everybody looks it it's really tough to stop it. >> reporter: san francisco is exploring a similar program. kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> more stress for the state's jobless trying to get their next benefits check. an untold number of people trying to both certify their benefits or apply for the first time are being kicked off the online portal. 7 on your side's michael finney has more on this. >> reporter: the edd's website warns of limited service. some customers are experiencing issues using the services we're working to resto

. >> reporter: michael tubbs is the former mayor of stocstoc he has launched mayors for guaranteed income>> what did you learn from stockton's program? >> well i learned that all the myths we have about why people struggle in this economy aren't true. could cause people to be able to be more likely to find full time work. be less likely to be unemployed. we saw that the income had positive mental effects similar to prozac. >> using private money, the question is does it sort of move over into the public arena because once you start a program up and it's generous and everybody looks it it's really tough to stop it. >> reporter: san francisco is exploring a similar program. kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> more stress for the state's jobless trying to get their next benefits check. an untold number of people trying to both certify their benefits or apply for the first time are being kicked off the online portal. 7 on your side's michael finney has more on this. >> reporter: the edd's website warns of limited service. some customers are experiencing issues using the services we're working to res

newsome named former stockton mayor michael tubbs, a special adviser for economic good bill. lady and opportunity today, the unpaid position will also make tubbs, a member of newsome's council of economic advisers, tubbs started a guaranteed income program in 2019, and it paid 125 people $500 per month with no strings attached. we spoke to him earlier today about how that program worked out. i'll shout it from the mountaintops and that the $500 did not make people stop work. people they're not just wake up after they received their first getting to think of the spokesman and decided anyone who worked in your work. rather than folks who we see the guaranteed income were two times for likely to find full time employment if they were underemployed, and folks who didn't receive against income. we also saw positive tubbs lost to stockton mayo real re election bid in november, governor newsome said tubbs will work toe, build public and political will for policy change. san francisco, taking steps to reopen schools coming up today's vote from the school board and the new vaccination

city officials said that former stockton mayor michael tubbs, who helped launch a similar program inhat city will be in attendance. san jose assembly member alex lee is trying to reform what he calls a loophole in the ellis act. assembly member lee says landlords are using the ellis act to get around the eviction moratorium and remove tenants during the pandemic. the act allows for no cause evictions on the grounds that the landlord is going out of business. lee says speculators are buying rent controlled properties and then using the ellis act to get rid of residents and then flip the buildings for profit. leagues bill co sponsored with david chu and richard bloom, would require a five year holding period. by imposing a five year holding period before the ox actively use speculative abuse of the ellis act will be deterred. and the statute section torey right of long term landlords to get out. the rental business is still preserved. the measure would also block property owners from using the ellis act more than once over 10 years. lee said that over 5400 households in san francisco h

khan academy and former mayor michael tubbs, n >>> tonight, president biden set to address the nation with major news tonight. the next chapter for america. the president expected to direct states to make all american adults eligible for a covid vaccine by may 1st, the latest. the president is expected to tell the country if everyone does their part to slow the spread and get vaccinated, that there's a chance that families, loved ones, neighbors, will be able to gather in small groups by the fourth of july. the news comes as the nation and the world marks one year since the world health organization declared the global coronavirus pandemic. but as america prepares to turn the corner, are these new goals from the president doable? dr. jha standing by, answering your questions tonight. >>> also tonight, how soon could economic help arrive for struggling american families? tonight, with the president signing his historic $1.9 trillion covid relief bill into law, the white house now saying tonight the first checks could land this weekend. with direct deposit. mary bruce and whit johnson s

she will be joined by former stockton mayor michael tubbs. he receive add tense for his city's program giving $500 a month to some low income residents. you can watch the announcement live as soon as it begins at 10:00 a.m. on cbsn bay area. head to kpix.com. >>> happening today the san francisco unified school district will have it's first board meeting since a twitter scandal came to light. many say a series of tweets are racist and use disparaging language against asian americans. a judge said he will decide if he will force city schools to reopen. a preliminary injunction against sfusd seeks to reopen all district schools in april. >>> you wake up and you are like what was that? >> crazy covid dreams. next on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area what doctors say about the side effect while you sleep. >> and i'm tracking gusty off shore winds as a dry cold front pushes across the area. a wind advisory for the areas highlighted in gold. that includes fairfield, vallejo, with gusts up to possibly 40 miles an hour. i will show you the winds a

city officials said that former stockton mayor michael tubbs, who helped launch a similar program, andhat city will be in attendance. state employment development department says their computer system for handling jobless benefits is experiencing intermittent outages. users began complaining on social media over the weekend that they kept getting error messages and were unable to process their claims. e d d says their information technology team continues to work on resolving the issue. state assemblyman jim patterson is accusing me d d of downplaying the issue and is demanding a three month report on all of their outages. a meantime, the white house announced today but the next round of stimulus payments. said to be issued this week, government officials say funds will come through direct deposit and the male most likely by wednesday, the $1400 checks a result of president joe biden signing the $1.9 trillion covid relief bill into law now, but half of those eligible for the money have already received it. you can go to i rs dot gove to track your payment. new pictures are revealing th

we're joined now by michael tubbs, who is the former mayor of stockton and currently governor newsomepecial adviser for economic mobility and opportunity, michael, it's good to have you on here once again. we're way talk not long ago when the study came out about your program in the city of stockton, you were hoping more cities would be following your lead soon, and now we have the city of oakland. large city here in this country planning to put a universal basic income program in place. i know you were part of the announcement today. how big a difference do you think this is going to make for those 600 families selected in the city of oakland? are those 600 families is going to make a world of difference. it may be the difference between getting dentures or not, as we saw in the stocking pilot and maybe the difference of being scared, stuck and a part time job or being able to take a day off for two days off. to interview for a full time job, but we saw and stocked and it's the difference between being able to make sure you're caught up on rent before you fiction. marin terms expire,

former stockton mayor michael tubbs attended mayor shops announcement.mayor schaaf says that universal basic income payments with no strings attached could help lift people out of poverty and help address income inequality. our vision is an oakland that has closed the racial wealth gap and we're all families thrive. and we believe that guaranteed income. is the most transformative policy that can achieve this vision and whose time has come. their shop said the program is privately funded. san francisco is considering a similar program was jacking with rosemary that forecast. my guess is you've already been outside rosemary. you've enjoyed some of the sunshine out there. oh, yeah, it's a gorgeous one out there. mike gasia mikaelian cher's a several degrees above where we were yesterday at this hour and we are expected to be a several degrees above the seasonal average. for many as we get into the second part of the afternoon, how about a live look at what is happening over sfo? plenty of blue sky here. lot of loose gotta go around if it's breezy outside y

show we were talking about the minimum wage, joining us former mayor of stockton, california, michael tubbsus about your report, mr. mayor. >> good morning. over the past 18 months in the city of stack ton we've been giving people $500 a month. what we found in the course of doing our research is that, a, actually the basic income helped people work more. those who received the universal base income were more likely to find full-time employment than those who didn't and they also had almost double the unemployment rate than those who didn't receive the benefit. we also saw health benefits. folks who received the guaranteed income were less stressed, less anxious, more likely to show up for little league games when we could do that, more likely to show up as partners and had significant gains in mental health and well being. finally, we saw that the $500 didn't change the character of people or change the character of our city, it actually made folks more productive, it actually made them better able to withstand an emergency and i think it points to why the stimulus checks today are so popu