New Memoir from Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs Reflects on the People Who Shaped Him

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🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Overcoming adversity has been the hallmark of Michael Tubb’s eventful life. When he was six, his father was sentenced to a near-life term in prison. At 22, Tubbs was elected to Stockton’s city council while still a student at Stanford. At 26, he became the city’s youngest and first black mayor. Along the way he founded programs to help underserved youth get to college, taught in high school, and introduced Universal Basic Income to the city. It has not all been easy as he reflects in his new memoir, “The Deeper the Roots.” Tubbs grapples with the survivor’s guilt that comes from seeing family murdered and friends caught up in poverty and violence. We’ll talk to Tubbs about his book and the stories and people who have shaped his life so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.0	Former Mayor Michael Tubbs joins us today on forum.
1:02.0	Stockton, California's first, black and youngest ever mayor, has written a memoir, The
1:07.0	Deeper, The Roots.
1:08.0	And like its title, it's about the women and the city that raised him
1:11.8	and the experiences that shaped him of being poor and having an incarcerated father, of his
1:17.1	political rise and unexpected reelection loss, and the survivor's guilt of losing a family
1:22.1	member to murder. Growing up, Tubbs' mother would warn against revealing too much about his life, but now he's
1:29.3	found strength in it. Michael Tubbs joins us after this news.
1:33.3	This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. When Michael Tubbs was still a student at Stanford, he ran for Stockton City Council and won. In 2016, at just 26 years old, he became Stockton's youngest mayor and first black mayor. His failed re-election bid in 2020 surprised and
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