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Michael Tubbs

CTL-E-4937 · Person · educator · contemporary

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Special Advisor to CA Gov. Newsom for Economic Mobility; Founder, Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and End Poverty in California (EPIC). Appeared at City Club of Chicago program 'Strategies to Alleviate Poverty in Cook County and Beyond' (2025-04-09).

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BCCVA Source Collection 001 (City Club of Chicago) seed record. Role at time of speech: Special Advisor to CA Gov. Newsom for Economic Mobility; Founder, Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and End Poverty in California (EPIC). Civic lenses: 01 Government & Politics, 04 Business & Economic Power. Programs: Strategies to Alleviate Poverty in Cook County and Beyond (2025-04-09). Identity verification: "He was the city's first African-American Mayor" — USC calendar bio (Stockton, CA). Research status: seed-verified. Last verified: 2026-10-06.

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