On a poverty tour across California, agony, anger and hope

Michael Tubbs, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “economic mobility” advisor, listens to fast-food workers in Oakland detail dangerous conditions.

Michael Tubbs writes in his notebook and stars a word in black pen for importance: “agony.”

It’s impossible to wholly describe what he has learned about Californians living in poverty during his tour across the state, but that word seems to wrap it up.

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