UBI grows in popularity among local governments

When the northern California city of Stockton, a relatively poor industrial city in the agriculturally rich San Joaquin Valley, started its Universal Basic Income program in 2018, its backers were forthright about their goals. They hoped that the plan to provide residents with no-strings-attached payments every month would spread across the country.
Touted by the city’s young progressive mayor, Michael Tubbs, the plan provides $500 a month for two years to a handful of residents, selected