Michael Tubbs

Michael Derrick Tubbs is an American politician who is currently serving as a special adviser for economic mobility and opportunity for Governor Gavin Newsom. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 79th mayor of Stockton, California from 2017 to 2021, and as a member of the Stockton City Council from the 6th District from 2013 until 2017. Tubbs was elected mayor in 2016, becoming the youngest mayor in Stockton's history and its first African-American mayor.