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God's plan. 5 00:00:32,041 --> 00:00:34,083 ♪ I can't do this on my own ♪ 6 00:00:34,917 --> 00:00:37,125 ♪ Someone watching this shit close ♪ 7 00:00:38,709 --> 00:00:40,834 Michael Tubbs: I think God's plan is something 8 00:00:40,917 --> 00:00:43,500 you have a hint of, but you can only see in hindsight. 9 00:00:44,583 --> 00:00:46,500 There's no way I could've scripted this. 10 00:00:46,583 --> 00:00:48,041 I think the lyric of the song says, 11 00:00:48,125 --> 00:00:49,583 "I can't do this on my own." 12 00:00:49,667 --> 00:00:51,709 It's like, "Someone must be watching this close." 13 00:00:51,792 --> 00:00:54,333 Particularly for me, that's incredibly true. 14 00:00:56,583 --> 00:00:58,875 (all cheering) 15 00:00:58,959 --> 00:01:01,333 Anna Nti-Asare-Tubbs: The night that Michael was elected mayor is the same nigt 16 00:01:01,417 --> 00:01:03,208 that Donald Trump was elected. 17 00:01:03,291 --> 00:01:05,875 And so, it was this very direct conflict 18 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:07,250 in what they were both running for. 19 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:08,709 This victory is yours. 20 00:01:08,792 --> 00:01:10,375 If you look at this room, 21 00:01:10,458 --> 00:01:12,709 this room is what Stockton looks like. 22 00:01:12,792 --> 00:01:14,750 (cheering and applause) 23 00:01:14,834 --> 00:01:16,375 You're 26 years old. The youngest and the first 24 00:01:16,458 --> 00:01:17,667 African-American mayor of Stockton... 25 00:01:17,750 --> 00:01:20,417 Tubbs: Almost every interview or conversation I have 26 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:22,083 begins with my age. 27 00:01:22,166 --> 00:01:24,583 He is the 27-year-old Democratic mayor... 28 00:01:24,667 --> 00:01:26,417 Reporter 1: You are 28 years old. 29 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:28,458 Reporter 2: Stockton's 29-year-old mayor.. 30 00:01:28,542 --> 00:01:29,625 Tubbs: I didn't just become this 31 00:01:29,709 --> 00:01:30,917 because it's the flavor of the month. 32 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,458 I've been talking about 33 00:01:32,542 --> 00:01:34,583 this stuff since I was in high school. 34 00:01:34,667 --> 00:01:36,959 The message I received a lot growing up was that 35 00:01:37,041 --> 00:01:40,750 the options I had, that I was in fact set up for two things. 36 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:43,333 Prison or death. 37 00:01:43,792 --> 00:01:45,834 You know that saying, "the personal is political"? 38 00:01:46,834 --> 00:01:47,917 I really believe that. 39 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:51,083 Growing up in Stockton, 40 00:01:51,166 --> 00:01:53,375 I lived in four out of the five areas that have 41 00:01:53,458 --> 00:01:55,250 a lot of our city's violent crime issues. 42 00:01:55,333 --> 00:01:57,291 -Good morning. -So, my mom, she had me when she was a teenager. 43 00:01:57,375 --> 00:01:59,250 She was 16 when she was pregnant. 44 00:01:59,333 --> 00:02:01,041 My father's been incarcerated 45 00:02:01,125 --> 00:02:04,208 for 25 out of the 27 years I, I, I was-- I've been alive. 46 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:06,333 Good morning, good morning. 47 00:02:06,417 --> 00:02:08,458 Some of my best friends that in fact today 48 00:02:08,542 --> 00:02:11,792 are either in prison or dead, 49 00:02:11,875 --> 00:02:13,625 and that was almost my end. 50 00:02:13,709 --> 00:02:15,458 But luckily, and thanks to God, 51 00:02:15,542 --> 00:02:17,291 I was able to go to Stanford on a full scholarship. 52 00:02:17,375 --> 00:02:18,792 I was able to work in the White House. 53 00:02:18,875 --> 00:02:20,583 I was able to have lunch with Oprah Winfrey. 54 00:02:20,667 --> 00:02:21,750 And I don't say that to brag, 55 00:02:21,834 --> 00:02:23,125 but I say that to say 56 00:02:23,208 --> 00:02:25,125 all the quote, unquote, "success" 57 00:02:25,208 --> 00:02:27,458 has been motivated by a central question. 58 00:02:27,542 --> 00:02:29,667 How in the world did I make i? 59 00:02:29,750 --> 00:02:31,500 And how do I empower other people 60 00:02:31,583 --> 00:02:33,000 from backgrounds like mine 61 00:02:33,083 --> 00:02:35,959 to upset the set-up? 62 00:02:47,959 --> 00:02:50,500 Mike Fitzgerald: Stockton is a fascinating cit. 63 00:02:50,583 --> 00:02:52,959 There is no place like this city. 64 00:02:53,041 --> 00:02:54,792 I know you only hear bad things about it. 65 00:02:59,875 --> 00:03:01,834 Underneath the bad things here, I should say 66 00:03:01,917 --> 00:03:03,792 there's a wonderful community. 67 00:03:03,875 --> 00:03:06,625 And what a community! 68 00:03:06,709 --> 00:03:09,875 There are people here from all points on the globe 69 00:03:09,959 --> 00:03:12,959 to a much greater degree than in other cities. 70 00:03:13,041 --> 00:03:15,583 (crowd cheering) 71 00:03:17,625 --> 00:03:19,667 In one quarter, 72 00:03:19,750 --> 00:03:22,875 between 2007 and 2008, 73 00:03:22,959 --> 00:03:25,166 the value of homes here plummeted 74 00:03:25,250 --> 00:03:27,875 by as much as 80%. 75 00:03:27,959 --> 00:03:29,542 Reporter 1: Traders say this is the craziest day 76 00:03:29,625 --> 00:03:31,750 they have ever seen in these markets... 77 00:03:31,834 --> 00:03:33,375 Reporter 2: Foreclosures are still climbing, 78 00:03:33,458 --> 00:03:35,041 and Stockton has the worst rate... 79 00:03:35,125 --> 00:03:37,709 Reporter 3: Stockton is now the nation's number one city 80 00:03:37,792 --> 00:03:40,250 for foreclosure activity. 81 00:03:40,333 --> 00:03:42,000 Fitzgerald: This was the most foreclosed upon city 82 00:03:42,083 --> 00:03:43,709 in the United States, 83 00:03:43,792 --> 00:03:45,458 and it was real economic carnage. 84 00:03:46,291 --> 00:03:48,500 The only option was municipal bankruptcy. 85 00:03:48,583 --> 00:03:50,041 And Stockton became the largest city, 86 00:03:50,125 --> 00:03:52,250 up till that time in American history, 87 00:03:52,333 --> 00:03:54,000 to declare bankruptcy. 88 00:03:55,625 --> 00:03:57,750 Tubbs: My senior year in high school in 2008, 89 00:03:57,834 --> 00:03:59,709 we were foreclosure capital. 90 00:03:59,792 --> 00:04:01,041 We were beginning the layoffs. 91 00:04:01,125 --> 00:04:03,375 We were beginning to lead to the issues 92 00:04:03,458 --> 00:04:05,208 and the problems that caused me to come back 93 00:04:05,291 --> 00:04:08,375 and run for office in 2012. 94 00:04:08,458 --> 00:04:11,625 In that backdrop, I decided to run for city council. 95 00:04:11,709 --> 00:04:13,417 What is that moment where it clicks in and you say 96 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:14,458 "I'm running in 2012"? 97 00:04:14,542 --> 00:04:16,375 I was at a community meeting 98 00:04:16,458 --> 00:04:17,750 'cause there was a spike in homicides. 99 00:04:17,834 --> 00:04:19,750 And one of these activists, organizers, 100 00:04:19,834 --> 00:04:22,083 a dear friend of mine, who I really look up to. 101 00:04:22,166 --> 00:04:24,250 We were talking, said, "What are you gonna do after graduation?" 102 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:25,917 I was like, "I don't know, I'm still figuring it out." 103 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,542 He said, "Well, how many more people have to die 104 00:04:27,625 --> 00:04:29,250 before you feel ready to come back?" 105 00:04:29,333 --> 00:04:30,583 Interviewer: That's a lot of guilt to put on you. 106 00:04:30,667 --> 00:04:32,208 Lot of pressure to put on a 21-year-old, right? 107 00:04:32,291 --> 00:04:33,667 But, it worked! 108 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:37,542 Tubbs: You need Band-Aids or anything? 109 00:04:38,208 --> 00:04:39,917 Stockton's not the only community 110 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,417 with a homelessness issue. 111 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:42,917 Stockton's not the only community 112 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,208 with a violent crime issue. 113 00:04:44,291 --> 00:04:47,250 Stockton's not the only community with a poverty issu. 114 00:04:47,333 --> 00:04:49,375 I'm tired of talking about where we've been. 115 00:04:49,458 --> 00:04:51,750 I'm more interested in discussing where are we going 116 00:04:51,834 --> 00:04:54,750 -and then how do we get there. -(applause) 117 00:04:55,875 --> 00:04:57,417 Thank you. 118 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:05,125 Daniel Lopez: Oh, I feel like this is the beginning of a long week. 119 00:05:05,208 --> 00:05:06,625 What's today, Monday? 120 00:05:06,709 --> 00:05:08,583 Got a problem with the printer. 121 00:05:10,083 --> 00:05:11,667 It needs paper. (laughs) 122 00:05:12,709 --> 00:05:14,709 See, around here, we get things done. 123 00:05:16,250 --> 00:05:18,291 All of the team works right here, 124 00:05:18,375 --> 00:05:20,959 so if one person gets sick, we all get sick. 125 00:05:21,041 --> 00:05:23,083 It just comes with the territory. 126 00:05:23,542 --> 00:05:24,917 The mayor's office is right next door 127 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,625 where he works out of. 128 00:05:26,709 --> 00:05:29,458 In 2016, Mayor Tubbs gave me a call. 129 00:05:29,542 --> 00:05:31,834 He had two positions, so I said I'll think about it. 130 00:05:32,083 --> 00:05:34,208 Before that, I had a really good gig at the state capital. 131 00:05:34,291 --> 00:05:36,917 I had a staff of about 12 to 14. 132 00:05:37,542 --> 00:05:38,709 I don't know, so they convinced me 133 00:05:38,792 --> 00:05:40,542 this was the right place, right time. 134 00:05:40,625 --> 00:05:42,291 Started pulling at my heart, my hometown, 135 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:44,667 and the work that could be done here. 136 00:05:44,750 --> 00:05:46,834 I knew what I was getting myself into. 137 00:05:46,917 --> 00:05:48,375 Coming over here, if you want 138 00:05:48,458 --> 00:05:50,500 a coffee, if you need to send an email, 139 00:05:50,583 --> 00:05:51,834 you gotta do everything. 140 00:05:51,917 --> 00:05:53,458 You got to take out the trash in Stockton. 141 00:05:58,375 --> 00:05:59,959 We're trying different things. 142 00:06:00,041 --> 00:06:01,792 We've had the opportunity now 143 00:06:01,875 --> 00:06:05,333 to bring in programs that are, you know, unconventional. 144 00:06:05,417 --> 00:06:07,333 We have a program called Advance Peace. 145 00:06:07,417 --> 00:06:09,959 The goal of this is to reduce gun violence 146 00:06:10,041 --> 00:06:11,500 and increase public safety. 147 00:06:11,583 --> 00:06:13,959 We have a thing called universal basic income, 148 00:06:14,041 --> 00:06:16,709 or guaranteed income, and the Stockton Scholars program 149 00:06:16,792 --> 00:06:18,917 where we're giving young people that scholarship 150 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,083 'cause we're hoping that they go out, 151 00:06:21,166 --> 00:06:23,500 get a degree, and then come back to Stockton 152 00:06:23,583 --> 00:06:25,083 and find ways to help the city. 153 00:06:25,166 --> 00:06:27,166 That's a way of paying it forward and then paying it back. 154 00:06:27,250 --> 00:06:28,542 So, those are the solutions, 155 00:06:28,625 --> 00:06:30,083 some of the bigger ones that we're looking at. 156 00:06:30,166 --> 00:06:31,709 And I think, for the most part, people get it. 157 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:33,166 They're excited. 158 00:06:33,250 --> 00:06:35,041 They've never had a mayor like this before. 159 00:06:38,417 --> 00:06:40,166 Tubbs: For so long, the narrative of Stockton 160 00:06:40,250 --> 00:06:41,542 has just been all negative. 161 00:06:41,625 --> 00:06:42,875 And now people are looking to us 162 00:06:42,959 --> 00:06:44,542 as a place that's happening, that's moving. 163 00:06:44,625 --> 00:06:46,000 There's something happening here. 164 00:06:46,083 --> 00:06:47,875 And people are trying to figure out what that is. 165 00:06:47,959 --> 00:06:51,250 You have something called universal basic income that you-- 166 00:06:51,333 --> 00:06:53,041 It's a pilot program, right? 167 00:06:53,125 --> 00:06:55,166 UBI, they call it, but it's basically, 168 00:06:55,250 --> 00:06:57,208 it's a fancy way of saying we're gonna give some people 169 00:06:57,291 --> 00:06:59,041 -free money. -Well, it's interesting-- 170 00:06:59,125 --> 00:07:01,250 -How's that working out? Do they like free money? -(studio laughter) 171 00:07:03,291 --> 00:07:06,083 Tubbs: I knew it was a Stockton issu, but I was really shocked 172 00:07:06,166 --> 00:07:09,417 when I read that one in two Americans 173 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:11,834 can't afford one $400 emergency. 174 00:07:12,542 --> 00:07:15,583 And I was shocked because that's not just people in poverty. 175 00:07:15,667 --> 00:07:17,083 That's a lot of people. 176 00:07:17,166 --> 00:07:18,917 So, I sent my staff an email, 177 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,375 and I said, hey, you guys, give me something 178 00:07:20,458 --> 00:07:22,750 I haven't heard of, like, what's the craziest thing 179 00:07:22,834 --> 00:07:24,458 you can come back with? 180 00:07:24,542 --> 00:07:26,417 Two days later, they came back 181 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:27,792 with you can just give people money. 182 00:07:27,875 --> 00:07:30,750 So, I said, that-- that, that's crazy. 183 00:07:30,834 --> 00:07:33,125 I said, there's no way a solution this complex 184 00:07:33,208 --> 00:07:34,458 can be solved that simply. 185 00:07:34,542 --> 00:07:37,875 We are testing a bold social experiment 186 00:07:37,959 --> 00:07:39,166 in poverty alleviation 187 00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:42,625 in a space and a place that really mirrors a lot of trends 188 00:07:42,709 --> 00:07:43,875 that we see across the US. 189 00:07:44,542 --> 00:07:46,083 Tubbs: So, we're testing out 190 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:48,083 the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, 191 00:07:48,166 --> 00:07:50,291 known as SEED, and we partnered with a group 192 00:07:50,375 --> 00:07:51,917 called the Economic Security Project 193 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,417 that gave us a million-dollar grant to figure out 194 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:56,417 what would it look like to provide the income floor 195 00:07:56,500 --> 00:07:58,458 for people in the form of a basic income. 196 00:07:58,542 --> 00:08:02,291 So, $500 a month, no strings attached, for 12 to 18 months, 197 00:08:02,375 --> 00:08:04,625 depending on how much more we're able to raise. 198 00:08:04,709 --> 00:08:06,625 We're doing a calendar, a schedule, figure out, okay, 199 00:08:06,709 --> 00:08:08,125 when are we doing our community engagement stuff, 200 00:08:08,208 --> 00:08:10,792 when are we planning disbursement, when are we gonna meet with people. 201 00:08:10,875 --> 00:08:12,625 Lori Ospina: We will do kind of a two-step process. 202 00:08:12,709 --> 00:08:14,458 So, the first step is 203 00:08:14,542 --> 00:08:16,500 we'll filter out all of the neighborhoods 204 00:08:16,583 --> 00:08:17,542 in the city of Stockton 205 00:08:17,625 --> 00:08:20,417 where the area median income is at or below 206 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:23,500 $46,000, and then we will 207 00:08:23,583 --> 00:08:25,959 randomly choose addresses, 208 00:08:26,041 --> 00:08:27,875 and we'll randomly send mailers out 209 00:08:27,959 --> 00:08:30,834 to potential recipients across those neighborhoods. 210 00:08:30,917 --> 00:08:33,166 Tubbs: What's exciting about this project is that 211 00:08:33,250 --> 00:08:35,625 it's giving us a chance to really interrogate 212 00:08:36,417 --> 00:08:38,500 our values as a country and as a community. 213 00:08:38,583 --> 00:08:41,875 Are those values really put into action? 214 00:08:41,959 --> 00:08:43,667 I don't wanna live in a community 215 00:08:43,750 --> 00:08:45,834 and I don't wanna live in a nation where people 216 00:08:45,917 --> 00:08:48,792 are working two jobs and can't pay for rent. I don't. 217 00:08:49,750 --> 00:08:51,000 Host 1: It's a silly idea. 218 00:08:51,083 --> 00:08:52,875 You never wanna pay people not to work. 219 00:08:52,959 --> 00:08:55,375 Host 2: It's like why a utopia is never going to be possible. 220 00:08:55,458 --> 00:08:58,500 The same reason why universal basic income isn't going to work. 221 00:08:58,583 --> 00:09:00,333 Host 3: It's becoming an excuse 222 00:09:00,417 --> 00:09:02,000 for companies to not pay 223 00:09:02,083 --> 00:09:04,750 a living wage to their workers. 224 00:09:04,834 --> 00:09:07,208 Host 4: It's liberals that are doing this, liberal management, 225 00:09:07,291 --> 00:09:09,458 liberal, liberal cities like Stockton. 226 00:09:10,625 --> 00:09:13,792 Tubbs: I was shocked at... 227 00:09:14,792 --> 00:09:17,208 not even just the amount of criticism, 228 00:09:17,291 --> 00:09:19,166 but just how nonsensical. 229 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:21,250 Just like really not rooted 230 00:09:21,333 --> 00:09:23,625 in anything true. And how... 231 00:09:24,625 --> 00:09:27,375 personal the criticism. 232 00:09:27,458 --> 00:09:30,375 Reporter: Twenty-three homicides in Stockton so far this year, 233 00:09:30,458 --> 00:09:32,709 three in the Weston Ranch neighborhood alone. 234 00:09:32,792 --> 00:09:36,208 The latest man shot dead is 22-year-old Julius Batiste. 235 00:09:36,291 --> 00:09:37,583 Batiste was gunned down Friday evening. 236 00:09:37,667 --> 00:09:40,000 Investigators for the Stockton Police Department say... 237 00:09:40,083 --> 00:09:41,583 Lopez: There is an area called Weston Ranch 238 00:09:41,667 --> 00:09:43,875 on the far south area of town. 239 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,208 (upbeat brass band playing) 240 00:09:46,291 --> 00:09:48,125 They actually had a police service station out there, 241 00:09:48,208 --> 00:09:49,750 and then when the budget cuts came, 242 00:09:49,834 --> 00:09:53,083 bankruptcy, they closed down that police service station, 243 00:09:53,166 --> 00:09:55,500 and now, recently, they had like three homicides. 244 00:09:56,166 --> 00:09:58,417 So, we're planning for this town hall tonight. 245 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:00,583 The mayor, the council member, the police chief 246 00:10:00,667 --> 00:10:02,792 will all go in there, be on a panel, 247 00:10:02,875 --> 00:10:05,083 and get questions from the community. 248 00:10:05,166 --> 00:10:07,208 You know, there's a lot of emotions mixed out there. 249 00:10:14,041 --> 00:10:16,750 -Okay, I'll have you go in and then go in behind you. -Alright. 250 00:10:16,834 --> 00:10:18,458 -Just follow Brian. -Okay. 251 00:10:19,333 --> 00:10:22,125 Woman: No idea is stupid, silly, wrong. 252 00:10:22,208 --> 00:10:23,875 Nothing's bad. 253 00:10:23,959 --> 00:10:26,792 Anything that you think of that comes to mind 254 00:10:26,875 --> 00:10:28,458 that you talk yourself out of saying 255 00:10:28,542 --> 00:10:30,250 could have saved a life. 256 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:39,500 Resources for our kids here in Weston Ranch. 257 00:10:39,583 --> 00:10:41,125 Scholarship programs, okay. 258 00:10:41,208 --> 00:10:43,125 Woman 1: Police presence within the neighborhoods. 259 00:10:43,208 --> 00:10:45,750 There's prostitution, there's drug deals... 260 00:10:45,834 --> 00:10:47,959 Robberies, people get their purses snatched... 261 00:10:48,041 --> 00:10:49,500 Woman 2: Lack of employment... 262 00:10:49,583 --> 00:10:51,709 We all need to do our part. 263 00:10:52,709 --> 00:10:55,583 We cannot depend on just one person 264 00:10:55,667 --> 00:10:57,625 to come and save us all. 265 00:11:00,417 --> 00:11:02,583 Tubbs: Eight years ago, my cousin was murdered 266 00:11:02,667 --> 00:11:04,667 at Kelley Drive at a house party. 267 00:11:04,750 --> 00:11:06,083 So I was in Palo Alto at the time, 268 00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:07,333 and that's what brought me back. 269 00:11:07,417 --> 00:11:09,166 It was that feeling of pain, 270 00:11:09,250 --> 00:11:12,333 of anger, of being really upset and feeling powerless. 271 00:11:12,417 --> 00:11:14,000 That's the reason why I came back in 2012, 272 00:11:14,083 --> 00:11:15,583 and why I still do the work we do today. 273 00:11:16,125 --> 00:11:18,291 Because the issues, not just in Weston Ranch, 274 00:11:18,375 --> 00:11:21,792 but in Stockton are bigger than one town hall, 275 00:11:21,875 --> 00:11:23,000 one tragedy, and one meeting, 276 00:11:23,083 --> 00:11:24,542 but it's gonna take continually meeting 277 00:11:24,625 --> 00:11:27,542 like this all the time, in good times and in bad times, 278 00:11:27,625 --> 00:11:30,083 until we see some progress. 279 00:11:33,917 --> 00:11:36,500 To make the choice to take someone's life, 280 00:11:36,583 --> 00:11:39,041 there has to be a sense of nihilism. 281 00:11:39,125 --> 00:11:42,458 "My life doesn't matter, your life doesn't matter, 282 00:11:42,542 --> 00:11:44,542 "and nothing's gonna change it. What do I have to lose? 283 00:11:45,917 --> 00:11:49,000 "In a community where everyone I know is broke, 284 00:11:49,083 --> 00:11:51,208 "everyone's anxious, people can't pay rent. 285 00:11:51,291 --> 00:11:53,000 "Because of mistakes I made in the past, 286 00:11:53,083 --> 00:11:55,583 "I have a criminal record. I can't really get a job. 287 00:11:55,667 --> 00:11:57,875 Or if I do get a job, it's going to be very difficult." 288 00:11:57,959 --> 00:11:59,083 It's a lot. 289 00:12:06,625 --> 00:12:09,583 Kenny Guyton: A lot of those kids is just living to die. 290 00:12:09,667 --> 00:12:11,500 People are scared of 'em, but we're not scared of 'em 291 00:12:11,583 --> 00:12:12,917 because we look at 'em as our kids, 292 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,375 our children, people that's lost. 293 00:12:15,458 --> 00:12:17,709 A lot of people look at 'em as animals 294 00:12:17,792 --> 00:12:20,083 -and threats to the public. -Tubbs: Are they in school still? 295 00:12:20,166 --> 00:12:22,709 Some of them in school, but they don't participate. 296 00:12:22,792 --> 00:12:25,333 They're straight-F students. They go in there just for lunch. 297 00:12:25,417 --> 00:12:27,375 Burnice Redil: We gotta figure out something for them to do, man. 298 00:12:27,458 --> 00:12:30,500 -They need to have some kind of outlet, something. -Like what? 299 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:32,709 I mean, that's not a question 300 00:12:32,792 --> 00:12:35,000 that I can answer. I gotta ask them, you know what I mean? 301 00:12:35,542 --> 00:12:37,917 Basic strategy is to go into neighborhoods and talk to people 302 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,667 that no one else has been able to talk to. 303 00:12:40,458 --> 00:12:42,709 Tubbs: I remember last time we talked, you mentioned 304 00:12:42,792 --> 00:12:45,083 kinda this area downtown being kinda most area of interest. 305 00:12:45,166 --> 00:12:46,250 Is that still the case? 306 00:12:46,333 --> 00:12:48,875 All of the traditionally troubled spots, 307 00:12:48,959 --> 00:12:51,917 I think we've got people in all of those places, it'd be safe to say. 308 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,542 No less than 15 gunplay engagements 309 00:12:55,625 --> 00:12:57,291 were mediated within the first 90 days. 310 00:12:57,375 --> 00:13:00,291 Get a lot of stuff squashed that way, man. Whole lot of stuff. 311 00:13:00,375 --> 00:13:01,625 Nuri Muhammad: Allow people to save face. 312 00:13:01,709 --> 00:13:03,959 -(murmuring agreement) -Redil: I can tell 313 00:13:04,041 --> 00:13:06,041 the relief that both parties had, you know? 314 00:13:06,125 --> 00:13:07,583 Afterwards, they're... 315 00:13:07,667 --> 00:13:09,375 "Oh, man, this ain't trippin' on me no more. 316 00:13:09,458 --> 00:13:11,041 Woo, I ain't gotta be worried about it." 317 00:13:11,125 --> 00:13:13,083 You know what I mean? And another one, too. 318 00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:15,333 "Oh man, look, man, yo, man, thank you." You know what I mean? 319 00:13:15,417 --> 00:13:17,291 So now y'all can ride in traffic and can see each other, 320 00:13:17,375 --> 00:13:18,750 and you ain't gotta worry about it no more. 321 00:13:18,834 --> 00:13:20,583 Y'all a stone's throw away from each other. 322 00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:22,792 You gonna see each other eventually, you know. 323 00:13:22,875 --> 00:13:24,125 But they happy that it's over. 324 00:13:26,250 --> 00:13:28,291 Reporter 1: The program is called Advance Peace. 325 00:13:28,375 --> 00:13:29,959 It hires convicted felons 326 00:13:30,041 --> 00:13:33,083 to court suspected criminals with offers of cash. 327 00:13:33,166 --> 00:13:35,500 Reporter 2: Participants who reach certain benchmarks 328 00:13:35,583 --> 00:13:38,583 will be paid up to $1,000 a month. 329 00:13:38,667 --> 00:13:41,542 Reporter 3: Criminals are paid not to commit crime. I'm serious. 330 00:13:42,709 --> 00:13:44,625 Lopez: When we first put a tweet out about this, 331 00:13:44,709 --> 00:13:46,458 the very next morning, this guy, 332 00:13:46,542 --> 00:13:49,917 he's in front of City Hall, 7:00 AM shot, and he's like, 333 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,625 "Find out why the mayor of Stockton 334 00:13:51,709 --> 00:13:54,667 wants to pay criminals money." It's like, "Watch this." 335 00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:57,875 So, everybody's upset, and online, everyone's like, 336 00:13:57,959 --> 00:14:00,291 "You're not gonna use my tax dollars. Not my tax dollars." 337 00:14:00,375 --> 00:14:03,000 -How many times-- It's not tax dollars. -Mm-hmm. 338 00:14:03,083 --> 00:14:06,458 Jeez, it's, it's private funds paying for this. 339 00:14:07,208 --> 00:14:09,291 So, if you're talking to a group, 340 00:14:09,375 --> 00:14:12,458 and they say, "So, tell us what is Advance Peace," 341 00:14:12,542 --> 00:14:15,834 you're gonna say the goal of it is just to reduce gun violence. 342 00:14:15,917 --> 00:14:18,709 At the bare minimum, this is just how you talk about it. 343 00:14:18,792 --> 00:14:20,166 And then how it's done, 344 00:14:20,250 --> 00:14:22,667 daily check-ins, internships, social services, 345 00:14:22,750 --> 00:14:23,792 they have an elders circle, 346 00:14:23,875 --> 00:14:25,834 transformative travel, and stipends. 347 00:14:25,917 --> 00:14:28,959 Basically, we're gonna get the active shooters in Stockton. 348 00:14:29,041 --> 00:14:31,500 That means less than one percent of the population 349 00:14:31,583 --> 00:14:34,166 is responsible for the majority of the shootings. 350 00:14:34,250 --> 00:14:35,500 And in a nutshell, 351 00:14:35,583 --> 00:14:38,208 they're gonna be part of an 18-month fellowship. 352 00:14:38,291 --> 00:14:40,917 So, is it about 20 fellows that'll be in there, 353 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,542 or is it just 20? 354 00:14:42,625 --> 00:14:44,959 -Lopez: It's 25. -Twenty-five. 355 00:14:45,667 --> 00:14:48,041 Lopez: It's a tough job though. Like they -- 356 00:14:48,125 --> 00:14:50,625 They got some real serious dudes on that. 357 00:14:51,917 --> 00:14:53,750 Teen: I don't know if you heard about the murder right there 358 00:14:53,834 --> 00:14:55,542 that happened at McDonald's. 359 00:14:55,625 --> 00:14:58,500 -The murder from-- Oh! -The drive-thru, the drive-thru, yeah. 360 00:14:59,125 --> 00:15:01,208 Raymond Aguilar: So my name is Raymond Aguilar. 361 00:15:01,291 --> 00:15:03,250 I'm 43 years old. 362 00:15:03,333 --> 00:15:05,875 I just got through serving a 26-year prison sentence. 363 00:15:05,959 --> 00:15:07,542 I've been home two years now. 364 00:15:07,625 --> 00:15:09,625 (train horn blaring) 365 00:15:14,250 --> 00:15:15,250 Yeah, since high school. 366 00:15:15,333 --> 00:15:17,125 I went to right here, Franklin High School. 367 00:15:18,333 --> 00:15:19,959 I didn't last too long. 368 00:15:20,709 --> 00:15:23,166 Coincidentally, this is where I committed my crime right here. 369 00:15:25,834 --> 00:15:28,041 The victim robbed my grandmother, 370 00:15:28,125 --> 00:15:31,250 kicked the door down, took the money that she had, 371 00:15:31,333 --> 00:15:33,458 and her necklace and other stuff that she had, 372 00:15:33,542 --> 00:15:36,375 and he got out. I confronted him. We talked. 373 00:15:36,458 --> 00:15:39,625 He started walking down this way, and I was on my bike. 374 00:15:41,041 --> 00:15:42,792 I ended up shooting him, 375 00:15:42,875 --> 00:15:45,208 and he fell dead right here. This was a crime scene. 376 00:15:48,333 --> 00:15:51,709 When I pulled that trigger, it was like all in slow motio. 377 00:15:52,875 --> 00:15:54,917 And I seen the bullet hit him. 378 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,458 I could see his body 379 00:15:56,542 --> 00:15:59,125 hit and jerk until when he fell. 380 00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:01,750 And when he fell in slow motion and hit that ground, 381 00:16:01,834 --> 00:16:04,083 and he looked at me, and he was gasping for air. 382 00:16:09,041 --> 00:16:11,625 Twenty-six years ago, but it doesn't seem that long. 383 00:16:11,709 --> 00:16:14,166 You know, it almost seems as though it was... 384 00:16:14,250 --> 00:16:17,333 just the other day, you know? But, uh... 385 00:16:18,583 --> 00:16:21,792 The kid that I was is still inside. 386 00:16:21,875 --> 00:16:23,417 You know, he's still there. 387 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:25,834 But I'm now an adult, and I'm able to see 388 00:16:25,917 --> 00:16:28,417 all the trauma that I grew up with. 389 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:31,041 -I used to make these go off. -(tapping) 390 00:16:33,208 --> 00:16:35,250 Stockton has a lot of pain and a lot of hurt, 391 00:16:35,333 --> 00:16:37,125 a lot of suffering. 392 00:16:37,208 --> 00:16:39,250 But now, I come back, 393 00:16:39,333 --> 00:16:41,625 and I'm trying to like heal. 394 00:16:41,709 --> 00:16:45,375 It's a journey. A lifelong journey, I gotta say. 395 00:16:47,041 --> 00:16:48,583 Tubbs: Good seeing you! 396 00:16:49,250 --> 00:16:51,333 I respect you so much, brother. Thank you. God bless, man. 397 00:16:51,417 --> 00:16:52,750 You're doing God's work, you know. 398 00:16:53,208 --> 00:16:56,166 The Stockton story is this idea of redemption. 399 00:16:56,250 --> 00:16:57,667 Man: Mr. Tubbs! How's it going? 400 00:16:57,750 --> 00:17:00,667 -Tubbs: Great! -Nice to see you, nice to see you... 401 00:17:00,750 --> 00:17:02,834 Tubbs: This idea of like redemption 402 00:17:02,917 --> 00:17:04,500 and coming back and taking what was bad 403 00:17:04,583 --> 00:17:06,041 and trying to make it good. 404 00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:08,375 It's profoundly spiritual in many ways. 405 00:17:08,458 --> 00:17:12,208 -Aguilar: And there he is. The man with the message. -(scattered applause) 406 00:17:12,291 --> 00:17:15,041 Alright. Give it up for my man, Mr. Mayor, everybody. 407 00:17:15,125 --> 00:17:17,625 (applause) 408 00:17:17,709 --> 00:17:19,959 You guys can break the cycle 409 00:17:20,041 --> 00:17:21,750 and be the change that you wanna see in this world. 410 00:17:22,250 --> 00:17:25,041 He's done it, and you guys can all do this as well. 411 00:17:25,125 --> 00:17:28,208 A lot of the individuals that I work with, I did a lot of time 412 00:17:28,291 --> 00:17:30,542 with a lot of these kids' fathers. And so now, 413 00:17:30,625 --> 00:17:32,875 I find myself, 26 years later, 414 00:17:32,959 --> 00:17:35,542 coming home, mentoring their kids. 415 00:17:35,625 --> 00:17:38,166 -Go ahead, Peter. Give me one core value. -Peter: I don't know exactly 416 00:17:38,250 --> 00:17:39,750 what the word would be, but like to be open. 417 00:17:39,834 --> 00:17:41,417 -Student: Accountable? -Accountable. 418 00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:43,083 Being accountable for your actions. 419 00:17:43,166 --> 00:17:45,542 That's one of our core principles 420 00:17:45,625 --> 00:17:47,542 as an honorable person, right? 421 00:17:47,625 --> 00:17:51,333 Tubbs: I met Raymond in 2016, 422 00:17:51,417 --> 00:17:53,208 when I was running for mayor. 423 00:17:53,291 --> 00:17:56,208 And the story is we're at this meeting at Fathers and Family. 424 00:17:56,291 --> 00:17:58,667 And at the time, I began to have 425 00:17:58,750 --> 00:18:00,709 just security concerns in general. 426 00:18:00,792 --> 00:18:03,000 So, we're at this meeting, and Raymond just kept 427 00:18:03,083 --> 00:18:05,375 touching me like he knew me. He kept touching me, 428 00:18:05,458 --> 00:18:07,917 and I don't like being touched anyway, so I'm looking. 429 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,291 I said, "Bro, I'm sorry. No disrespect. 430 00:18:10,375 --> 00:18:12,250 "I'm on city council. I know I'm running for mayor, 431 00:18:12,333 --> 00:18:14,083 "but have we met? 'Cause you're acting like 432 00:18:14,166 --> 00:18:17,375 we're real familiar." He was like, "Oh! I'm so sorry." 433 00:18:17,458 --> 00:18:20,208 I was like, "Yeah, everything cool? I was like, you good? 434 00:18:20,291 --> 00:18:22,208 I thought you were trying to provoke me. We good?" 435 00:18:22,291 --> 00:18:24,208 He's like, "No, I was your dad's cell mate for 10 years." 436 00:18:24,291 --> 00:18:26,041 I was like, "Oh, wait, what?" 437 00:18:26,125 --> 00:18:27,875 Aguilar: And so, growing up in South Stockton, 438 00:18:27,959 --> 00:18:29,625 Central South Stockton, 439 00:18:29,709 --> 00:18:31,542 I ran into Michael Tubbs. He was a good homeboy of mine. 440 00:18:31,625 --> 00:18:32,542 "Wack," they called him "Wack." 441 00:18:32,625 --> 00:18:34,959 He's from South Mob, you know, 2300 block. 442 00:18:35,041 --> 00:18:37,083 He was a good kid just like I was a good kid. 443 00:18:37,166 --> 00:18:38,709 We just had a lot of trauma. 444 00:18:38,792 --> 00:18:42,041 And I end up being cellies with Michael Tubbs Sr. 445 00:18:42,125 --> 00:18:43,959 And so now, coming home, 446 00:18:44,041 --> 00:18:47,000 I seen all kinds of signs, "Elect Mayor Michael Tubbs" or whatever. 447 00:18:47,083 --> 00:18:49,917 I'm like, "What the fuck? What Tubbs is this?" 448 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,291 I was just in the prison system with Michael Tubbs. 449 00:18:52,375 --> 00:18:54,291 I know he ain't beat me outta here, you know? 450 00:18:54,375 --> 00:18:56,792 -And I was like, wow, this is my boy's son. -(crowd chanting) 451 00:18:56,875 --> 00:18:58,291 I gotta support this cat, you know what I mean? 452 00:18:58,375 --> 00:19:01,625 Tubbs: I'm sure there's parts of your story that are similar to mine. 453 00:19:01,709 --> 00:19:03,291 I remember being hungry. 454 00:19:03,375 --> 00:19:05,166 I remember having to hold my mom while she cried. 455 00:19:05,250 --> 00:19:06,792 I remember hearing gunshots at night. 456 00:19:06,875 --> 00:19:07,709 I remember all that stuff. 457 00:19:07,792 --> 00:19:09,166 I remember how hard it was to grow up. 458 00:19:09,250 --> 00:19:10,917 I think that quote, "Be the change 459 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,625 that you wish to see in the world" 460 00:19:12,709 --> 00:19:14,125 is super important 461 00:19:14,208 --> 00:19:16,792 'cause I think, oftentimes, people get scared to try 462 00:19:16,875 --> 00:19:19,291 to make change because it's like, what if it doesn't work? 463 00:19:19,375 --> 00:19:20,458 What if I look stupid? 464 00:19:20,542 --> 00:19:24,083 What if I sacrifice all this stuff and nothing happens? 465 00:19:24,166 --> 00:19:25,792 I think the bigger question is, 466 00:19:25,875 --> 00:19:27,667 what happens if you don't do anything? 467 00:19:27,750 --> 00:19:30,500 A lot of people say, oh, "Michael Tubbs the mayor 468 00:19:30,583 --> 00:19:32,458 "is not from the neighborhood. 469 00:19:32,542 --> 00:19:35,000 "He grew up privileged. He has an education. 470 00:19:35,083 --> 00:19:36,667 He doesn't have those experiences." 471 00:19:36,750 --> 00:19:39,333 Bullshit. His father was a gang member, 472 00:19:39,417 --> 00:19:40,959 and was out there committing crimes. 473 00:19:41,041 --> 00:19:42,792 He grew up without a father. 474 00:19:48,583 --> 00:19:51,625 (bell ringing) 475 00:19:52,417 --> 00:19:55,417 Tubbs: 476 00:19:57,750 --> 00:20:00,333 Gone was the mirage of the invincible man. 477 00:20:00,417 --> 00:20:03,417 The man who would protect me once I found him. 478 00:20:04,583 --> 00:20:06,291 At the age of 12, 479 00:20:06,375 --> 00:20:08,291 I finally saw my father, 480 00:20:08,375 --> 00:20:10,250 looking weak and vulnerable. 481 00:20:11,417 --> 00:20:13,208 The conversation with this stranger 482 00:20:13,291 --> 00:20:15,291 was cordial, albeit distant. 483 00:20:17,625 --> 00:20:19,208 Michael Tubbs Sr.: Michael came to visit me. 484 00:20:19,291 --> 00:20:20,917 Me and him, we walking around, we talking, 485 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,417 and he asked me a question, 486 00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:25,709 and it blew my mind. He said, "How did you and my mom meet?" 487 00:20:25,792 --> 00:20:27,500 I was like taken aback because I'm figuring 488 00:20:27,583 --> 00:20:29,083 like he should know everything about me. 489 00:20:30,333 --> 00:20:32,041 But it made me start reflecting like, here's my son, 490 00:20:32,125 --> 00:20:34,208 he don't even know who I am, so. 491 00:20:34,291 --> 00:20:36,542 I couldn't even give him the answer 'cause I didn't know who I was. 492 00:20:39,625 --> 00:20:41,709 Tubbs: Before I ran for mayor, 493 00:20:41,792 --> 00:20:43,375 I didn't tell anyone. I just went to visit him, 494 00:20:43,458 --> 00:20:44,750 just to talk for a little bit. 495 00:20:44,834 --> 00:20:47,041 It was good. I think the older I get, 496 00:20:47,125 --> 00:20:50,375 the more I recognize, like, you know, people are complex. 497 00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:53,375 The choices people make are complex. 498 00:20:53,458 --> 00:20:56,500 Tubbs Sr.: It blew my mind the things he accomplished at a young ag. 499 00:20:56,875 --> 00:20:59,583 Like we wrote over the years, we communicated, 500 00:20:59,667 --> 00:21:01,709 but like it wasn't really a connection there, 501 00:21:01,792 --> 00:21:02,583 and it blew me away 502 00:21:02,667 --> 00:21:04,583 'cause that's a simple question. 503 00:21:04,667 --> 00:21:06,250 "How did you and Mom meet?" 504 00:21:10,959 --> 00:21:12,875 Me and Racole met in 1989. 505 00:21:13,333 --> 00:21:15,709 We were at the skate rink. My cousin come up like, 506 00:21:15,792 --> 00:21:17,250 "My girl wanna talk to you." 507 00:21:17,333 --> 00:21:19,417 So, I call Coco up. The next day, 508 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:22,417 I go meet her at her mom's house and, uh, 509 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:23,750 at that time, I was a gang member. 510 00:21:23,834 --> 00:21:25,083 It was in the enemy neighborhood, 511 00:21:25,166 --> 00:21:26,750 so I was kinda afraid to go over there. 512 00:21:26,834 --> 00:21:28,917 I'm like, oh, it might be a set-up or something. 513 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,458 But I went over there, uh, we hooked up. 514 00:21:31,542 --> 00:21:35,709 And then, we started-- we started messing around almost every day. 515 00:21:36,667 --> 00:21:39,125 Racole Dixon: Me and Michael's father, yeah, we were dating off and on, 516 00:21:39,208 --> 00:21:40,792 but he was always in and out of jail. 517 00:21:40,875 --> 00:21:42,333 And that's my problem, you know, 518 00:21:42,417 --> 00:21:43,959 I'm a good girl. I went to private school, 519 00:21:44,041 --> 00:21:46,959 but I still wanted that thug bad boy. 520 00:21:47,041 --> 00:21:49,125 And of course, that was Michael Tubbs' father. 521 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:52,458 And a couple of months later, Barbara, which is her mother, 522 00:21:52,542 --> 00:21:55,917 called my mom, said she wanted me and my mom to come over. 523 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,166 So, I was already scared. 524 00:21:57,250 --> 00:21:59,458 My mom, she doesn't believe in abortions. 525 00:21:59,542 --> 00:22:01,458 She said, "Don't get an abortion 'cause you don't know 526 00:22:01,542 --> 00:22:02,667 "what you're carrying. 527 00:22:02,750 --> 00:22:04,125 "You could be carrying a lawyer, doctor, 528 00:22:04,208 --> 00:22:06,125 mayor, you don't know who you're killing." 529 00:22:06,208 --> 00:22:09,333 Barbara Nicholson: I couldn't believe it. I was really in shock, 530 00:22:09,417 --> 00:22:11,500 disappointment... 531 00:22:12,166 --> 00:22:14,375 angry. (laugh) 532 00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:17,291 Because I'm really involved in the church, 533 00:22:17,375 --> 00:22:19,375 and it kind of happened 534 00:22:19,458 --> 00:22:22,959 maybe a year or two after I got a divorce. 535 00:22:23,041 --> 00:22:25,041 When I received the divorce, 536 00:22:25,125 --> 00:22:28,709 seemed like the family started going haywire. 537 00:22:29,583 --> 00:22:31,166 Tubbs Sr.: Once I ended up in the youth authority, 538 00:22:31,250 --> 00:22:33,041 my counselor's the one actually telling me that 539 00:22:33,125 --> 00:22:35,125 Coco had Michael. She called me in the office. 540 00:22:35,208 --> 00:22:38,500 She said, "You have a son named Michael Derrick Tubbs. 541 00:22:38,583 --> 00:22:41,000 You should be proud." And I was like, "I am." 542 00:22:41,083 --> 00:22:44,000 And it blew me away. And I went back to my cell. 543 00:22:44,083 --> 00:22:47,333 I never cried before in prison or jail or anything. 544 00:22:47,417 --> 00:22:49,166 I went back, and I just really cried. 545 00:22:49,250 --> 00:22:50,667 Like it was tears of joy though. 546 00:22:50,750 --> 00:22:53,041 And I remember he was like two weeks old 547 00:22:53,125 --> 00:22:54,625 the first time I got to see him. 548 00:22:54,709 --> 00:22:56,166 It's a trip. I'm looking at him. 549 00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:59,208 He got a little mustache already, little curly hair. 550 00:22:59,291 --> 00:23:02,000 I'm like, "This is amazing. Wow, this is my son." 551 00:23:02,083 --> 00:23:04,333 I felt like I got something to live for. 552 00:23:05,458 --> 00:23:07,834 (birds chirping) 553 00:23:07,917 --> 00:23:10,583 -Nti-Asare-Tubbs: Did you get your license? -Tubbs: I have an appointment. 554 00:23:10,667 --> 00:23:12,917 -You've been saying that for months. -Yeah. 555 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,875 (laughs) When are you going? 556 00:23:14,959 --> 00:23:17,583 -The day of the appointment. -When is that, Michael Tubbs? 557 00:23:17,667 --> 00:23:19,834 -Soon. -(opening envelope) 558 00:23:19,917 --> 00:23:21,166 -Huh? -What? 559 00:23:21,250 --> 00:23:24,208 -You know we have to update that for our insurance. -Yeah. 560 00:23:24,291 --> 00:23:26,834 (paper crinkling) 561 00:23:26,917 --> 00:23:29,000 Alright. We'll have the same conversation next week then, 562 00:23:29,083 --> 00:23:30,542 if that's what you'd like. 563 00:23:30,625 --> 00:23:34,291 (running water) 564 00:23:35,458 --> 00:23:37,166 Nti-Asare-Tubbs: When we bought this house, 565 00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:39,208 they told us that they painted it red 566 00:23:39,291 --> 00:23:40,959 'cause this is the room of love, 567 00:23:41,041 --> 00:23:43,417 and you can never fight in the room of love. 568 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:46,208 Right, Michael? Mike, where you at? 569 00:23:46,959 --> 00:23:49,083 I'm about to fight in the room of love. 570 00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:51,917 (laughs) You're so weird. 571 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,166 So yeah. We never fight in this room. 572 00:23:54,834 --> 00:23:57,583 This is our wedding book. This is my favorite picture 573 00:23:57,667 --> 00:23:59,875 'cause Michael's crying. 574 00:23:59,959 --> 00:24:02,000 You see that little tear? They captured it. 575 00:24:02,709 --> 00:24:04,417 Photoshop work is lovely on that. 576 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:07,250 (laughs) You were crying so hard, Michael. 577 00:24:07,333 --> 00:24:09,375 So hard. And I remember I said to you-- 578 00:24:09,458 --> 00:24:10,875 Remember I was like, "You're gonna cry"? 579 00:24:10,959 --> 00:24:12,750 And you were like, "I'm definitely not crying." 580 00:24:12,834 --> 00:24:14,750 -And I was like, you're for sure gonna cry. -No way. No way. 581 00:24:14,834 --> 00:24:17,750 -And then I walk out, and you were boo-hooing. -I had allergies... 582 00:24:17,834 --> 00:24:20,375 -You were crying so hard. -It was the heat. 583 00:24:21,041 --> 00:24:22,792 Nti-Asare-Tubbs: When Michael and I met, we were in undergrad. 584 00:24:22,875 --> 00:24:24,625 So I was a sophomore, 585 00:24:24,709 --> 00:24:27,458 and he was a senior at Stanford. 586 00:24:27,542 --> 00:24:29,125 And I had never heard of Stockton. 587 00:24:29,208 --> 00:24:30,875 I didn't know anything about Stockton. 588 00:24:31,583 --> 00:24:33,291 This is Michael's favorite part 589 00:24:33,375 --> 00:24:35,083 which is ironic 'cause he doesn't know how to swim. 590 00:24:35,166 --> 00:24:37,000 -I can't swim, but I love it out here. -(laughs) 591 00:24:37,083 --> 00:24:39,667 -This is my thing. It's my place. -It is good. 592 00:24:39,750 --> 00:24:41,959 I was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but I left 593 00:24:42,041 --> 00:24:43,792 when I was two years old. 594 00:24:43,875 --> 00:24:46,500 And my mom, dad, brother, sister, and I 595 00:24:46,583 --> 00:24:48,375 moved to Dubai for four years. 596 00:24:48,709 --> 00:24:52,000 And then we were in Estonia for a year. 597 00:24:52,083 --> 00:24:54,291 We were in Sweden for a few months. 598 00:24:54,375 --> 00:24:55,625 We were in Mexico, 599 00:24:55,709 --> 00:24:56,875 Azerbaijan. 600 00:24:57,959 --> 00:25:00,166 -What are we gonna do tonight? -Watch a movie, eat. 601 00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:03,000 -We're gonna go out to watch a movie? -I don't know. 602 00:25:03,083 --> 00:25:05,959 Nti-Asare-Tubbs: But when I decided to move here, so many people, 603 00:25:06,041 --> 00:25:09,125 unfortunately, said, "Don't go to Stockton. 604 00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:11,542 Why are you doing this? This is gonna be the end of your career." 605 00:25:11,625 --> 00:25:13,500 But, as you know, when you meet Michael, 606 00:25:13,583 --> 00:25:15,500 you're gonna fall in love with Stockton, too. You have to. 607 00:25:15,583 --> 00:25:17,333 (laughs) If you're gonna love Michael, 608 00:25:17,417 --> 00:25:19,500 you have to love Stockton. It's a two-for-one kind of deal. 609 00:25:19,583 --> 00:25:21,625 (light rain falling) 610 00:25:23,917 --> 00:25:25,709 Lopez: Yeah, I'm here with Mayor Tubbs for an event. 611 00:25:25,792 --> 00:25:27,458 -He's speaking to some students. -Guard: Oh, okay. 612 00:25:27,542 --> 00:25:29,834 -Lopez: Can we park in here or-- -Yeah, you can park anywhere. 613 00:25:29,917 --> 00:25:31,417 Lopez: Okay, thank you. 614 00:25:32,875 --> 00:25:36,208 -This high school looks just like it did 20 years ago. -(chuckles) 615 00:25:36,291 --> 00:25:38,542 (school chatter) 616 00:25:38,625 --> 00:25:41,166 Tubbs: So literally 10 years ago, 617 00:25:41,250 --> 00:25:42,875 before I was mayor, 618 00:25:42,959 --> 00:25:45,208 before I was a council member, I was a senior 619 00:25:45,291 --> 00:25:48,709 at Franklin High School. Don't hate, don't hate. 620 00:25:48,792 --> 00:25:52,250 (scattered laughter, jeers) 621 00:25:52,333 --> 00:25:53,542 Listen. 622 00:25:53,625 --> 00:25:57,250 I remember being stressed and worried because I wasn't sure 623 00:25:57,333 --> 00:25:58,500 if I could go to college 624 00:25:58,583 --> 00:26:01,166 because I didn't know if we could afford it. So the idea 625 00:26:01,250 --> 00:26:02,875 behind this-- Listen! 626 00:26:02,959 --> 00:26:06,083 The idea behind this scholarship program is that we want 627 00:26:06,166 --> 00:26:10,041 you to know that your city is investing money in you 628 00:26:10,125 --> 00:26:12,709 -and your future. Listen! -(light laughter) 629 00:26:12,792 --> 00:26:15,875 And you don't have to-- it's not-- Wait, wait, wait. 630 00:26:15,959 --> 00:26:17,375 Why are we laughing? What's funny? 631 00:26:17,458 --> 00:26:19,542 So, I'ma tie them afterwards. Is that funny? 632 00:26:19,625 --> 00:26:21,542 -We're juniors. That's not funny. -(indistinct) 633 00:26:21,625 --> 00:26:23,709 All we're saying is apply to college, 634 00:26:23,792 --> 00:26:26,208 and you get a guaranteed $500 635 00:26:26,291 --> 00:26:28,834 or $1,000 for four years, okay? 636 00:26:29,542 --> 00:26:31,625 Cool. Any questions? 637 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:34,917 No questions? 638 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,125 -(chattering) -Any other questions? 639 00:26:38,208 --> 00:26:39,792 (silence) 640 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,000 Any other questions? 641 00:26:44,500 --> 00:26:47,208 Tubbs: I was getting ready to strike. I ain't coming back. 642 00:26:47,291 --> 00:26:50,208 (laughing) He's like, okay. If one more person 643 00:26:50,291 --> 00:26:52,709 makes a noise, no scholarships for anyone. 644 00:26:52,792 --> 00:26:54,917 Tubbs: My senior year, there's a "Record" article 645 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,458 that said lowest in literacy, highest in crime. 646 00:26:57,542 --> 00:26:59,583 And I remember reading that and feeling 647 00:26:59,667 --> 00:27:01,208 such a dislike for the city. 648 00:27:01,291 --> 00:27:03,792 Like, really? This is so embarrassing. 649 00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:06,417 So, I remember that being like more motivation. 650 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:08,834 "Oh, I'm gonna get educated. I'm gonna get out of here." 651 00:27:08,917 --> 00:27:10,291 Lange Luntao: We know that many of you 652 00:27:10,375 --> 00:27:13,333 living in Stockton, going to school in Stockton, 653 00:27:13,417 --> 00:27:16,959 are being raised in conditions that are difficult. 654 00:27:17,041 --> 00:27:20,875 So, we are here to inform you of a gift that is waiting for you 655 00:27:21,875 --> 00:27:24,792 at graduation. It's special that we're talking to you all 656 00:27:24,875 --> 00:27:27,583 as the class of 2019 because you are the first entire 657 00:27:27,667 --> 00:27:30,291 class that will benefit from this gift. 658 00:27:30,375 --> 00:27:33,000 So, I know I have a big check. Where's my check? 659 00:27:33,083 --> 00:27:35,500 -(cheering) -Reporter: It's all thanks 660 00:27:35,583 --> 00:27:38,500 to a $20 million anonymous donation 661 00:27:38,583 --> 00:27:41,667 secured by Stockton mayor Michael Tubbs. 662 00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:43,959 Tubbs: Evan Spiegel, he's the founder of Snapchat. 663 00:27:44,041 --> 00:27:45,458 We had gone to Stanford together, 664 00:27:45,542 --> 00:27:47,291 and we had tutored kids in South Africa together. 665 00:27:47,375 --> 00:27:48,792 So I was telling him, "Hey, 666 00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:51,000 "I have this program I really wanna do. 667 00:27:51,083 --> 00:27:54,834 It costs $100 million. What... can you help?" 668 00:27:54,917 --> 00:27:58,041 Lopez: And then, he announces that he has $20 million. 669 00:27:58,125 --> 00:28:01,625 A donation that was given from the private sector so students 670 00:28:01,709 --> 00:28:04,667 in Stockton for like a generation now will be able to get 671 00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:06,834 about a $4,000 scholarship in total, 672 00:28:06,917 --> 00:28:08,834 about $1,000 a year for four years of college. 673 00:28:08,917 --> 00:28:11,500 We are coming at you from the South Stockton Education Hub, 674 00:28:11,583 --> 00:28:13,333 where we're here about to celebrate the first 675 00:28:13,417 --> 00:28:16,333 Stockton Scholars college admission of the year. 676 00:28:16,417 --> 00:28:18,500 Stanford! Ah! 677 00:28:18,583 --> 00:28:20,500 -(air horn blowing) -Lopez: Yes! 678 00:28:20,583 --> 00:28:21,959 -(laughing) -All the hype, all the hype. 679 00:28:22,041 --> 00:28:24,208 Luntao: So, there are a lot of kids that are still gonna be 680 00:28:24,291 --> 00:28:26,542 graduating this year, and for some reason or another, 681 00:28:26,625 --> 00:28:29,667 will not be going on to something after high school. 682 00:28:29,750 --> 00:28:32,875 And so now, my focus is how do we reach all those kids? 683 00:28:32,959 --> 00:28:35,041 In a place like Stockton, where we still don't yet have 684 00:28:35,125 --> 00:28:37,375 a public four-year university in our community, 685 00:28:37,458 --> 00:28:39,375 I think that this is exactly where scholarship programs 686 00:28:39,458 --> 00:28:41,375 like this need to, need to take root. 687 00:28:41,458 --> 00:28:44,417 Tubbs: Lange and I went to Denver in 2015. 688 00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:46,250 I was still on city council, and we met with 689 00:28:46,333 --> 00:28:48,583 the Denver Promise, which is a very similar program. 690 00:28:48,667 --> 00:28:50,709 And then Oakland announced an Oakland Promise. 691 00:28:50,792 --> 00:28:52,375 So since then, I've been obsessed with 692 00:28:52,458 --> 00:28:54,250 how do we make this happen in Stockton? 693 00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:57,542 Luntao: You may not know this, but Mayor Tubbs has been out 694 00:28:57,625 --> 00:29:01,000 on the road, talking to people about Stockton. 695 00:29:01,083 --> 00:29:03,709 Did you know that in Stockton, 696 00:29:03,792 --> 00:29:05,875 only 17% 697 00:29:05,959 --> 00:29:09,583 of the folks over the age of 25 have a college degree? 698 00:29:09,667 --> 00:29:12,291 We need to be better educated, right? If we're gonna attract 699 00:29:12,375 --> 00:29:13,959 businesses, if we're gonna attract 700 00:29:14,041 --> 00:29:16,500 the sort of investment we want in our community... 701 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,125 Tubbs: If certain people hadn't invested in me 702 00:29:19,208 --> 00:29:21,917 and created opportunity for me or mentored me, 703 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,875 I wouldn't be where I am, and I get really excited 704 00:29:23,959 --> 00:29:26,542 thinking about what if we did that not just for one student 705 00:29:26,625 --> 00:29:29,041 or two students, but for a whole city? 706 00:29:29,125 --> 00:29:31,667 (horn blaring) 707 00:29:33,166 --> 00:29:35,417 (rap music playing) 708 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:38,250 Marc Levin: What do you know about the mayor? 709 00:29:38,333 --> 00:29:41,709 I was actually in some of his programs for Stockton Scholars. 710 00:29:41,792 --> 00:29:45,417 He was talking about how they got a lot of scholarships 711 00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:49,083 available for us, so, yeah, I was volunteering 712 00:29:49,166 --> 00:29:51,875 for a lot of his things he was hosting. 713 00:29:52,667 --> 00:29:54,667 Roscoe Brown: Yeah, Tubbs is a good guy, man. Good guy. 714 00:29:54,750 --> 00:29:57,083 Mike Marangu: And they say his dad is locked up. He's in Folsom. 715 00:29:57,166 --> 00:29:59,625 -He used to be on the block. How... -Yeah... 716 00:29:59,709 --> 00:30:02,250 -What's that like for you? -Yeah, I... 717 00:30:02,333 --> 00:30:04,500 I don't really know his-- I don't really know his dad like that, 718 00:30:04,583 --> 00:30:07,125 but I heard a few things about him, and he was really out here. 719 00:30:07,208 --> 00:30:09,750 He was a monster, you know what I mean? 720 00:30:09,834 --> 00:30:11,959 That was the boogie man. We all went through, 721 00:30:12,041 --> 00:30:13,792 you know, the gang life and the street life, 722 00:30:13,875 --> 00:30:15,333 so our main focus is now 723 00:30:15,417 --> 00:30:17,792 watching these kids flourish in sports 724 00:30:17,875 --> 00:30:19,417 and keeping them out of trouble. 725 00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:21,125 (rap continues) 726 00:30:21,208 --> 00:30:24,208 Isaiah Evans: Now, I ain't never had a childhood. 727 00:30:25,583 --> 00:30:28,166 I never got the chance to... 728 00:30:29,041 --> 00:30:32,000 play hide-and-go-seek, or none of that type stuff. 729 00:30:32,083 --> 00:30:32,959 I never did that. 730 00:30:33,041 --> 00:30:36,000 It was always serious in my childhood. 731 00:30:36,083 --> 00:30:39,041 I grew up, I grew up, in the streets. 732 00:30:39,125 --> 00:30:42,709 -Levin: Have you lost friends? -Yeah, I lost plenty of friends. 733 00:30:42,792 --> 00:30:45,375 Most definitely. I lost plenty of friends. 734 00:30:47,208 --> 00:30:48,750 Look at that face! 735 00:30:50,250 --> 00:30:51,834 Brown: I just hope he can go away to college and make that change. 736 00:30:51,917 --> 00:30:54,458 I mean, he's a good athlete. 737 00:30:55,125 --> 00:30:58,834 He just gotta-- I say he just gotta get away from here and go to college. 738 00:30:58,917 --> 00:31:01,458 I don't care where I go. I just wanna go. 739 00:31:01,542 --> 00:31:04,583 (crowd yelling) 740 00:31:05,542 --> 00:31:07,500 -Student: Yeah, we in the building! -Students: Woo! 741 00:31:07,583 --> 00:31:09,208 -Yeah, we in the building! -Woo! 742 00:31:09,291 --> 00:31:11,834 (chanting continues) 743 00:31:11,917 --> 00:31:15,041 (crowd cheering) 744 00:31:15,125 --> 00:31:17,709 (chanting continues) 745 00:31:17,792 --> 00:31:21,208 (music playing) 746 00:31:21,291 --> 00:31:23,291 (crowd chatter) 747 00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:25,959 (screaming) 748 00:31:27,583 --> 00:31:29,625 (cheering continues) 749 00:31:32,792 --> 00:31:34,875 Evans: My first two years here, 750 00:31:34,959 --> 00:31:36,500 I was super goofy. 751 00:31:36,583 --> 00:31:38,000 I was just being myself. 752 00:31:38,083 --> 00:31:40,166 The myself that I ain't get to be 753 00:31:40,250 --> 00:31:42,000 when I was younger. 754 00:31:42,083 --> 00:31:44,083 That's why I'm, like, 755 00:31:44,166 --> 00:31:47,000 hecka energized, goofy, friendly right now 756 00:31:47,083 --> 00:31:49,083 'cause I'm just being me, the person that I've been wanting 757 00:31:49,166 --> 00:31:51,417 to let out back then, but I couldn't let it out 758 00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:54,333 because of the type of lifestyle I was living. 759 00:31:54,417 --> 00:31:56,375 (crowd cheering) 760 00:31:56,458 --> 00:31:59,208 Go, team, go! 761 00:32:00,166 --> 00:32:02,792 Announcer: Number 10, Isaiah Evans, catches the punt at his own 3. 762 00:32:02,875 --> 00:32:05,250 He breaks a tackle. Zay is turning on the jets. 763 00:32:05,333 --> 00:32:06,792 He's at the 40, the 30, 764 00:32:06,875 --> 00:32:08,917 cuts it back, 20, 10, 765 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,959 he's taking it all the way! Touchdown! 766 00:32:12,041 --> 00:32:15,583 Zay Money scores a big-time return! 767 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:18,625 (crowd cheering) 768 00:32:18,709 --> 00:32:21,709 Evans: I never really grew up with a father. 769 00:32:21,792 --> 00:32:23,333 Hey, Zay, good job! 770 00:32:24,333 --> 00:32:25,917 Evans: But then, when I had 771 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,083 Lavelle Hawkins come into my life, 772 00:32:28,166 --> 00:32:29,917 that just turned my whole 773 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,208 world of thinking and everything different. 774 00:32:32,291 --> 00:32:35,333 -(whistles blowing) -(field chatter) 775 00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:40,250 Lavelle Hawkins: Isaiah has been a guy that I brought into my home 776 00:32:40,333 --> 00:32:42,166 'cause they said he was gang- banging and all this stuff, 777 00:32:42,250 --> 00:32:43,667 but I'm like, he don't seem like a bad dude. 778 00:32:43,750 --> 00:32:44,750 He just needs some attention. 779 00:32:44,834 --> 00:32:47,417 -(field chatter) -You know, Zay calls me Dad. 780 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:49,792 That's kinda weird to me, but I accept it. 781 00:32:49,875 --> 00:32:50,834 Blue 18! 782 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,583 Hawkins: Basically, man, Zay came and spent the night 783 00:32:53,667 --> 00:32:55,750 one night at my house, and I feel like he never left. 784 00:32:55,834 --> 00:32:57,917 I don't wanna put him out 'cause he was doing so well. 785 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,417 Teacher: Alright, just correct it, just get that done. 786 00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:02,500 Put your name on it at least, Luis, please. 787 00:33:02,583 --> 00:33:03,709 Put your name on it. 788 00:33:04,792 --> 00:33:06,291 Evans: It's a big step for me to graduate. 789 00:33:06,375 --> 00:33:09,083 But, to be honest, it's a little step for me 'cause I got bigger goals 790 00:33:09,166 --> 00:33:11,125 than to graduate. Graduating ain't nothing. 791 00:33:11,208 --> 00:33:12,166 We're supposed to do that. 792 00:33:12,250 --> 00:33:14,250 That's what I feel like I'm supposed to do. 793 00:33:14,333 --> 00:33:17,166 But college, that's all I'm worried about. 794 00:33:17,250 --> 00:33:19,250 That's the next step. That's the next level. 795 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,834 Tubbs: High school was interesting. 796 00:33:23,917 --> 00:33:26,000 I've never been a real docile person. 797 00:33:26,083 --> 00:33:28,375 I think now, as mayor, that's cool and it's like, 798 00:33:28,458 --> 00:33:30,667 "That's why we like him. He's bold." 799 00:33:30,750 --> 00:33:32,834 But as a teenager, 800 00:33:32,917 --> 00:33:35,792 and particularly a high schooler, it was all bad. 801 00:33:37,083 --> 00:33:39,792 I was in the International Baccalaureate program, the IB program. 802 00:33:40,375 --> 00:33:43,625 Think I was one of two Black males in the program my year. 803 00:33:43,709 --> 00:33:45,375 I remember just feeling a lot of tension. 804 00:33:46,125 --> 00:33:49,000 I remember always feeling I had to fight. 805 00:33:49,083 --> 00:33:51,500 So, I would get papers back, and I would have to make my teachers 806 00:33:51,583 --> 00:33:53,500 regrade them 'cause I felt I wasn't graded fairly. 807 00:33:53,583 --> 00:33:55,834 And I would literally have to go through and compare sort of 808 00:33:55,917 --> 00:33:57,625 how they marked my papers versus how they marked 809 00:33:57,709 --> 00:33:59,792 some of my friends' papers and find discrepancies. 810 00:33:59,875 --> 00:34:02,083 Like, every single paper. 811 00:34:02,792 --> 00:34:04,542 And it was like, "He's disrespectful, 812 00:34:04,625 --> 00:34:06,542 he's defiant, he has an attitude." 813 00:34:06,625 --> 00:34:09,417 I really just respond to 814 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:11,709 what I perceived as injustice 815 00:34:11,792 --> 00:34:13,542 or, or tacit racism. 816 00:34:13,625 --> 00:34:15,500 Nicholson: There was certain injustice 817 00:34:15,583 --> 00:34:18,500 that he just wouldn't tolerat, so he would fight for. 818 00:34:18,583 --> 00:34:21,000 He started out by being a little activist. 819 00:34:21,083 --> 00:34:24,375 He wanted everybody to know in that class, you know? 820 00:34:24,458 --> 00:34:27,000 Tubbs: I would do silly things like purposely 821 00:34:27,083 --> 00:34:30,333 sag my pants right before I walked into class 822 00:34:30,417 --> 00:34:32,875 'cause they'd talk about all the "saggers," so I'd come in, 823 00:34:32,959 --> 00:34:36,625 sag, and get the highest grade with my pants halfway down. 824 00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:39,417 Tubbs Sr.: I was pretty good in school. 825 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:41,667 I didn't even go most of the time, but I passed school. 826 00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:44,750 I graduated on time. I was pretty smart. 827 00:34:44,834 --> 00:34:47,125 My favorite class was economics. 828 00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:51,583 I played basketball a little bit, football. I did sports, 829 00:34:51,667 --> 00:34:54,208 but nothing held my interest, really. 830 00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:57,709 Back in the early, mid '80s, 831 00:34:57,792 --> 00:34:59,750 crack cocaine, that hit real big. 832 00:34:59,834 --> 00:35:03,208 Stockton was the ideal spot for bigger city people to come out. 833 00:35:03,709 --> 00:35:05,750 Gangsters in LA started migrating that way. 834 00:35:05,834 --> 00:35:08,458 -The Crips had took over Stockton. -(police siren blaring) 835 00:35:08,542 --> 00:35:10,792 I joined a gang, really caught myself having hometown pride. 836 00:35:10,875 --> 00:35:12,291 Okay, they all Crips, I'm gonna be a Blood. 837 00:35:12,375 --> 00:35:13,583 I'ma do something different than them. 838 00:35:13,667 --> 00:35:15,917 (prison chatter) 839 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,291 Once I got involved in the streets a little bit, 840 00:35:18,375 --> 00:35:20,917 it kinda took over, became my second home. 841 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,500 I created my own family within the streets. 842 00:35:24,667 --> 00:35:26,709 I was just lost for a minute. 843 00:35:32,208 --> 00:35:34,667 Jasmine Dellafosse: The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration 844 00:35:34,750 --> 00:35:38,458 was leading a project to bring three murals to the city. 845 00:35:38,542 --> 00:35:40,625 An artist did a mural of me, 846 00:35:40,709 --> 00:35:44,208 and his goal was just really o do a person from the communit. 847 00:35:44,834 --> 00:35:48,166 But no one told me I was going on this big old wall. 848 00:35:49,834 --> 00:35:51,125 My name is Jasmine Dellafosse, 849 00:35:51,208 --> 00:35:52,917 and I'm with the Stockton Schools Initiative. 850 00:35:53,583 --> 00:35:56,625 My purpose and my calling is doing youth justice work 851 00:35:56,709 --> 00:35:59,500 to dismantle the school to prison pipeline. 852 00:35:59,875 --> 00:36:01,917 -Tubbs: Are you pushing that? - Yeah. 853 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,458 -Have you guys been going to board meetings? -Mm-hmm. 854 00:36:03,542 --> 00:36:06,125 I have folders, folders 855 00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:08,041 of just, like, kids. 856 00:36:08,875 --> 00:36:10,834 These are all mostly Black and Brown kids 857 00:36:10,917 --> 00:36:12,208 who've just gone under the radar, 858 00:36:12,291 --> 00:36:14,375 who are all failing like at least 859 00:36:14,458 --> 00:36:16,375 five or more of their classes, 860 00:36:16,458 --> 00:36:18,333 and are not gonna be ready for A to G 861 00:36:18,417 --> 00:36:20,458 when it comes to getting them to... 862 00:36:20,542 --> 00:36:22,458 -Stockton Scholars. -...Stockton Scholars. 863 00:36:22,542 --> 00:36:26,000 We had 40 kids who tested out using the app to do... 864 00:36:26,083 --> 00:36:28,333 -To help them? -...just to like identify where trauma is. 865 00:36:28,417 --> 00:36:30,792 Our biggest goal is telling kids like, "Hey, 866 00:36:30,875 --> 00:36:33,333 "if you tell me you want to go to college, 867 00:36:33,417 --> 00:36:35,458 based off of this, you're not gonna get there." 868 00:36:35,542 --> 00:36:36,834 (indistinct chatter) 869 00:36:36,917 --> 00:36:39,333 Tubbs: That group's probably our most important investment, 870 00:36:39,417 --> 00:36:41,959 that the kids who are in the honors class 871 00:36:42,041 --> 00:36:44,000 because it's important. I want everyone to know that 872 00:36:44,083 --> 00:36:45,834 Stockton Scholars is for everybody, 873 00:36:45,917 --> 00:36:47,333 and everyone includes them. 874 00:36:47,417 --> 00:36:49,250 Michael. Nice to meet you, man. 875 00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:51,500 Michael, nice to meet you, man. 876 00:36:51,583 --> 00:36:53,917 (high school chatter) 877 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,208 Y'all good? 878 00:36:55,291 --> 00:36:57,000 -Evans: Hey... -Tubbs: What's up, man? 879 00:36:57,083 --> 00:36:59,125 Evans: 880 00:36:59,917 --> 00:37:01,542 Oh, it's probably be zero. 881 00:37:01,625 --> 00:37:03,000 But if you haven't filled out your FAFSA, 882 00:37:03,083 --> 00:37:04,250 you gotta do that FAFSA thing first. 883 00:37:04,333 --> 00:37:05,917 That's the thing 'cause you can't fill out 884 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,208 -the Stockton Scholars form till you do this thing. -The thing with FAFSA though was 885 00:37:09,291 --> 00:37:11,917 I wanted my mom to be here because you know how you need 886 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,208 -the tax thing? -Yeah, you gotta do it with your parents. 887 00:37:14,291 --> 00:37:16,208 Yeah, we're not gonna be able to fill it out, though. 888 00:37:16,291 --> 00:37:18,542 -Are you emancipated? No? -Evans: No. 889 00:37:18,625 --> 00:37:20,875 Tubbs: My mom was a senior when I was like one. 890 00:37:20,959 --> 00:37:22,834 So when she was walking across the stage, 891 00:37:22,917 --> 00:37:24,375 her friend brought me over. 892 00:37:24,458 --> 00:37:26,750 So, there's a picture of me and my mom on stage. 893 00:37:26,834 --> 00:37:28,709 Like she got her diploma, then she got me. 894 00:37:28,792 --> 00:37:31,959 -What's your baby's name? Jeremiah. -Jeremiah. 895 00:37:32,625 --> 00:37:34,583 Joy Almendarez: Oh, Jeremooty! 896 00:37:34,667 --> 00:37:37,000 Here you go. Here you go. 897 00:37:38,166 --> 00:37:40,875 I found out, and I was dating her at the time. 898 00:37:42,333 --> 00:37:45,625 -Lemme see, I'm trying to look at your face. -Oh yeah, yeah, yeah... 899 00:37:45,709 --> 00:37:47,917 -Can't go too far into it. -Ooh, ice cream. 900 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,291 Almendarez: I didn't tell her directly. I was like, 901 00:37:50,375 --> 00:37:53,750 there's something in my stomach. Like, something you gotta know. 902 00:37:53,834 --> 00:37:55,834 (indistinct) 903 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,083 -And I said, you pregnant? Like... -(laughs) 904 00:38:00,166 --> 00:38:02,875 I wasn't mad that she was having a baby. 905 00:38:02,959 --> 00:38:05,542 I was mad she cheated on me, and now she having a baby. 906 00:38:06,166 --> 00:38:08,250 -I was cheating on her or whatever. -Right? 907 00:38:08,333 --> 00:38:11,125 'Cause I'm not gay. I was going through a little phase. 908 00:38:11,208 --> 00:38:12,875 -(Banks mouthing) -She was a little friend. 909 00:38:12,959 --> 00:38:15,959 We still talk. Not like talk like that. 910 00:38:16,041 --> 00:38:18,041 -Not like that, you know. -Yeah. 911 00:38:18,917 --> 00:38:20,125 So... 912 00:38:20,208 --> 00:38:22,959 This is his apples. I got you some apples. 913 00:38:23,041 --> 00:38:26,083 I got you some apples. I was thinking about you. 914 00:38:26,166 --> 00:38:27,917 Eugenia Nunez Coilton: It was hard at first, 915 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,667 and it really hurt me on the inside because she was young. 916 00:38:31,166 --> 00:38:33,750 But I told her, I said your main focus is to finish high school 917 00:38:33,834 --> 00:38:35,667 and graduate, and then after that, 918 00:38:35,750 --> 00:38:37,333 we'll just roll with the punches. 919 00:38:38,875 --> 00:38:41,625 Almendarez: I just thought my life was like over. 920 00:38:41,709 --> 00:38:44,333 I didn't know how like the home study stuff worked, 921 00:38:44,417 --> 00:38:47,500 so I was like, am I gonna keep going to school? 922 00:38:48,542 --> 00:38:51,959 Then I told my mom. She was really, really mad, 923 00:38:52,041 --> 00:38:54,583 but she doesn't believe in abortion, so. 924 00:38:54,667 --> 00:38:58,000 She, like, told me to keep it and everything-- him. 925 00:38:58,083 --> 00:38:59,959 (laughs) Keep him. 926 00:39:00,041 --> 00:39:02,500 Crowd (singing): Happy birthday to you! 927 00:39:02,583 --> 00:39:06,333 ♪ Happy birthday, dear Michael ♪ 928 00:39:06,417 --> 00:39:10,208 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 929 00:39:10,291 --> 00:39:13,375 -Yay, Michael! -Blow out your candle! 930 00:39:15,959 --> 00:39:18,375 Dixon: What made me continue to go to school was because 931 00:39:18,458 --> 00:39:20,500 I knew people were talking about me. 932 00:39:20,583 --> 00:39:22,000 Like, "Oh, she might as well give up. 933 00:39:22,083 --> 00:39:24,333 You know, she's pregnant, so why go to school?" 934 00:39:24,417 --> 00:39:26,291 So, when someone tell me what I can't do, 935 00:39:26,375 --> 00:39:28,166 that motivates me to do it, 936 00:39:28,250 --> 00:39:29,959 so I had to prove the world wrong. 937 00:39:30,917 --> 00:39:32,667 Woman: Come on, Michael. 938 00:39:32,750 --> 00:39:35,083 -You know how to blow. -I'm blowing! 939 00:39:35,625 --> 00:39:38,583 Dixon: I thank God for my mom and my sister because we have 940 00:39:38,667 --> 00:39:41,208 different personalities. I'm the strict one. My sister, 941 00:39:41,291 --> 00:39:43,041 she's the nice one, and Michael always goes to 942 00:39:43,125 --> 00:39:44,291 when he wants something. 943 00:39:45,625 --> 00:39:47,834 Man: They're restraining Michael. He wants his birthday cake. 944 00:39:47,917 --> 00:39:50,709 -(indistinct) -This brother is ready to eat. 945 00:39:50,792 --> 00:39:52,583 Tasha Dixon: So, I always made sure we did fun things, 946 00:39:52,667 --> 00:39:54,667 so we either went to the library, 947 00:39:54,750 --> 00:39:57,083 the student story times. 948 00:39:57,166 --> 00:39:59,041 We'd go home and I'd read to him all the time, 949 00:39:59,125 --> 00:40:02,041 or I had the TV on Learning Channel. 950 00:40:02,125 --> 00:40:03,834 And I never forget this. One time, 951 00:40:03,917 --> 00:40:05,667 I had it on the Spanish channel 952 00:40:05,750 --> 00:40:07,375 thinking that he was gonna learn some Spanish. 953 00:40:07,458 --> 00:40:10,250 I didn't know it, but I figured the TV would teach him. (laugh) 954 00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:12,500 But, I was trying to raise him, too. 955 00:40:12,583 --> 00:40:15,959 Just wanted to make sure that they would be smart kids. 956 00:40:16,667 --> 00:40:18,917 Nicholson: The three of us that really kind of 957 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,709 brought him up. 958 00:40:20,792 --> 00:40:23,250 I would be more of the spiritual part. 959 00:40:23,333 --> 00:40:25,250 When I came in and gave advice, 960 00:40:25,333 --> 00:40:27,417 I would always make sure that they understood that 961 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:29,291 there is a God, that he's alive, 962 00:40:29,375 --> 00:40:31,083 and, you know, what would God do. 963 00:40:33,667 --> 00:40:36,250 Dixon: When he was born, I'd just see magazines and see TV shows, 964 00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:39,250 and I'm like, "Why I can't have a child like that? 965 00:40:39,333 --> 00:40:41,125 "If they could do it, why can't I do it? 966 00:40:41,208 --> 00:40:43,500 Why can't I raise a child to become someone great?" 967 00:40:46,208 --> 00:40:48,417 Chanting: 'Cause I am somebody, 968 00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:50,375 and I won't be stopped by nobody. 969 00:40:50,458 --> 00:40:53,125 I got my fist in the air, movement in my feet. 970 00:40:53,208 --> 00:40:55,583 I got love for my people, and it starts with me. 971 00:40:55,667 --> 00:40:56,709 Su voto ! 972 00:40:57,500 --> 00:40:59,417 (cars honking) 973 00:41:02,208 --> 00:41:04,375 Tubbs: Winning and losing has real consequences. 974 00:41:06,208 --> 00:41:08,917 Like, Hillary Clinton losing means kids are in cages. 975 00:41:10,208 --> 00:41:12,625 Or the Republicans continuing to win seats 976 00:41:12,709 --> 00:41:14,834 means that there's assault rifles gonna be at the church 977 00:41:14,917 --> 00:41:16,959 or at the mosque or at the movie theater, 978 00:41:17,041 --> 00:41:19,000 and have a tragedy happen. 979 00:41:19,083 --> 00:41:22,166 So, I think the stakes are life and death in many respects. 980 00:41:22,875 --> 00:41:24,834 Samuel Nunez: This is the most important midterm election 981 00:41:24,917 --> 00:41:26,125 of our time right now. 982 00:41:26,208 --> 00:41:28,834 We're gonna be choosing our school board in a city that has 983 00:41:28,917 --> 00:41:31,083 the lowest literacy rate in the state, 984 00:41:31,166 --> 00:41:33,500 the third worst in the nation, and that's important. 985 00:41:33,583 --> 00:41:35,458 And the stakes are huge right now. 986 00:41:35,542 --> 00:41:37,583 This is what democracy, as they say, looks like. 987 00:41:37,667 --> 00:41:39,625 Tubbs: When I go vote in the ballot box, 988 00:41:39,709 --> 00:41:41,333 I just remember the scripture when 989 00:41:41,417 --> 00:41:44,333 Jesus says, "When I was hungry, did you feed me? 990 00:41:44,417 --> 00:41:46,500 "When I was naked, did you clothe me? 991 00:41:46,583 --> 00:41:48,000 "When I was in jail, did you visit me? 992 00:41:48,083 --> 00:41:49,959 As you do to the least of these, you do unto me." 993 00:41:50,041 --> 00:41:53,000 What Jesus didn't say is, "You have a preexisting condition, 994 00:41:53,083 --> 00:41:55,000 so we're not gonna give you health care." 995 00:41:55,083 --> 00:41:57,333 He didn't say that, "You didn't earn food, you didn't earn shelter, 996 00:41:57,417 --> 00:41:59,834 you made too many mistakes." He also said 997 00:41:59,917 --> 00:42:02,000 how we treat the least of these in our communities 998 00:42:02,083 --> 00:42:03,792 are how we literally treat him. 999 00:42:04,417 --> 00:42:06,792 Today's not just about today. It's really more about tomorrow, 1000 00:42:06,875 --> 00:42:08,792 what happens after. If we do that, 1001 00:42:08,875 --> 00:42:10,542 we'll make this city continue to come alive. So again, 1002 00:42:10,625 --> 00:42:12,291 thank you all for your leadership and your work. 1003 00:42:12,375 --> 00:42:14,542 I'm looking forward to seeing the results of it tonight. 1004 00:42:14,625 --> 00:42:17,125 (cheering and applause) 1005 00:42:17,208 --> 00:42:19,500 (TV chatter) 1006 00:42:21,125 --> 00:42:24,125 Tubbs: Scott Walker's losing. Hey-hey-hey! Turn it up. 1007 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:26,709 How is Stacey Abrams doing? 1008 00:42:26,792 --> 00:42:29,250 Lopez: That was not looking too good earlier, 1009 00:42:29,333 --> 00:42:30,750 but a lot of room to grow. 1010 00:42:31,959 --> 00:42:33,458 Tubbs: It shouldn't be this close. People are crazy. 1011 00:42:33,542 --> 00:42:36,542 Reporter: Ted Cruz will remain in the Senate for another six years. 1012 00:42:36,625 --> 00:42:38,709 -Lopez: Gross. -Ugh! 1013 00:42:38,792 --> 00:42:41,542 Oh! I'm gonna cry! 1014 00:42:41,625 --> 00:42:44,333 I'm literally going to cry if Andrew doesn't win! 1015 00:42:44,417 --> 00:42:46,709 Oh, I'm gonna cry! Oh, that hurts. 1016 00:42:46,792 --> 00:42:48,792 I thought for sure he was gonna win! 1017 00:42:49,959 --> 00:42:51,709 Lopez: They're calling it. Democrats win House. 1018 00:42:51,792 --> 00:42:53,667 At least they don't have the House and the Senate. 1019 00:42:53,750 --> 00:42:56,041 They used to have the House and the damn Senate. 1020 00:42:56,125 --> 00:42:57,667 So look, I'm counting my blessings. 1021 00:42:57,750 --> 00:42:59,542 I think James Carville said it best when he said 1022 00:42:59,625 --> 00:43:01,166 anybody that was anticipating 1023 00:43:01,250 --> 00:43:03,333 a blue wave tonight's not gonna get it. 1024 00:43:03,417 --> 00:43:05,166 Maybe you get a ripple, but I certainly don't think 1025 00:43:05,250 --> 00:43:06,583 that there's a blue wave. 1026 00:43:06,667 --> 00:43:09,917 Tubbs: Election night, I was filled with a lot of guilt. 1027 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,875 I remember seeing some of the results, 1028 00:43:11,959 --> 00:43:13,625 some of my council candidates who lost. 1029 00:43:13,709 --> 00:43:15,125 But, if you look at the vote totals, 1030 00:43:15,208 --> 00:43:17,250 it wasn't that many votes. And I was like, man, 1031 00:43:17,333 --> 00:43:19,625 if I had hosted three phone banks. 1032 00:43:19,709 --> 00:43:23,250 And then, nationally, good friends like Stacey Abrams 1033 00:43:23,333 --> 00:43:25,542 and Andrew Gillum not winning. 1034 00:43:25,625 --> 00:43:28,417 I just felt that maybe, my read on the world 1035 00:43:28,500 --> 00:43:31,375 or society or the city just wasn't really in line 1036 00:43:31,458 --> 00:43:33,417 with what people were actually feeling. 1037 00:43:35,166 --> 00:43:38,083 (clippers buzzing) 1038 00:43:38,166 --> 00:43:41,709 Barber 1: I've been cutting his hair since he was a kid, right? 1039 00:43:41,792 --> 00:43:43,417 He used to come and knock on the door. 1040 00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:46,125 We knew what time it was and who it was. 1041 00:43:46,208 --> 00:43:49,667 Every time he came and knocked on that door, I was like, man, 1042 00:43:49,750 --> 00:43:52,834 -it's this kid! -(laughs) 1043 00:43:53,542 --> 00:43:56,291 This guy got his haircut, 1044 00:43:56,375 --> 00:43:59,667 and he'd just be quiet the whole time! 1045 00:43:59,750 --> 00:44:02,750 Just quiet! I didn't know he was just being quiet 1046 00:44:02,834 --> 00:44:04,959 because he was thinking. I thought he was just quiet 1047 00:44:05,041 --> 00:44:08,458 'cause he was shy. (laughs) You know what I mean? 1048 00:44:08,542 --> 00:44:11,166 So, one day, man, I was thumbing through the internet, 1049 00:44:11,250 --> 00:44:13,667 and I was lookin', 1050 00:44:13,750 --> 00:44:17,000 and I seen him talking! 1051 00:44:17,375 --> 00:44:19,417 I said, man! 1052 00:44:20,083 --> 00:44:21,625 I feel cheated! (laughs) 1053 00:44:21,709 --> 00:44:24,000 Yeah, I was like, man, I feel cheated, man, 1054 00:44:24,083 --> 00:44:26,000 because I found out that you could talk like that 1055 00:44:26,083 --> 00:44:28,083 all of this time, man, and knew what you were doing. 1056 00:44:28,166 --> 00:44:30,041 So, he was just sittin' up there absorbing. 1057 00:44:30,125 --> 00:44:33,333 So, it really turns out that all the time, he'd been listening. 1058 00:44:33,417 --> 00:44:35,667 -(buzzing) -Barber 2: 1059 00:44:35,750 --> 00:44:38,166 Yeah. They can look and see where he came from, 1060 00:44:38,250 --> 00:44:39,959 look at his background, 1061 00:44:40,041 --> 00:44:42,583 his father, and stuff like that. 1062 00:44:43,417 --> 00:44:46,333 You can still do it. You know? 1063 00:44:55,417 --> 00:44:57,959 Tubbs: I remember being 12 and going. 1064 00:44:59,750 --> 00:45:02,875 I remember being on the bus with all women 1065 00:45:02,959 --> 00:45:04,834 because always the women who go to visit, 1066 00:45:04,917 --> 00:45:07,667 whether they're mothers or girlfriends. 1067 00:45:07,750 --> 00:45:09,667 I remember the guards looking at us 1068 00:45:09,750 --> 00:45:11,166 as if we had committed a crime. 1069 00:45:11,250 --> 00:45:12,792 134! 1070 00:45:13,291 --> 00:45:15,250 (prison chatter) 1071 00:45:15,333 --> 00:45:18,875 But what I remember most like leaving and just seeing how sad 1072 00:45:18,959 --> 00:45:21,333 everyone was. Like for 30 minutes, everybody was happy, 1073 00:45:21,417 --> 00:45:23,750 but then as we all left, 1074 00:45:23,834 --> 00:45:26,250 you hear the babies crying and the girlfriends crying 1075 00:45:26,333 --> 00:45:28,000 and the men are like really sad. 1076 00:45:28,333 --> 00:45:31,417 I just really told myself that I didn't wanna go back, 1077 00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:33,000 not because I didn't wanna see my father, 1078 00:45:33,083 --> 00:45:34,417 but I didn't wanna put myself through-- 1079 00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:36,417 It was like a traumatic experience. 1080 00:45:38,667 --> 00:45:41,041 You have people living in cages. 1081 00:45:41,125 --> 00:45:43,333 It's like a perverse zoo in a way, 1082 00:45:43,417 --> 00:45:45,709 so that meeting stuck with me because I vowed to myself. 1083 00:45:45,792 --> 00:45:48,375 I said, I will never... 1084 00:45:48,458 --> 00:45:51,166 put myself, or I'll do my best not to put myself 1085 00:45:51,250 --> 00:45:53,583 in a situation where that will also be my destiny. 1086 00:45:56,375 --> 00:45:57,917 Tubbs Sr.: So, he come to see me. 1087 00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,875 I'm at Mill Creek State Prison at the time. 1088 00:46:00,875 --> 00:46:02,458 He's 12 years old. 1089 00:46:02,542 --> 00:46:04,250 He come in the visiting room. We sit down. 1090 00:46:04,333 --> 00:46:06,500 I tell him, I said, "Look around, tell me what you see." 1091 00:46:07,125 --> 00:46:09,583 And he said, "I see people visiting they family, 1092 00:46:09,667 --> 00:46:11,709 their loved ones." I told him, I said, "Well, 1093 00:46:11,792 --> 00:46:14,417 "me, I see, 'cause the society tells me, 1094 00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:17,458 "that you gonna be my cellie or somebody else's cellie 1095 00:46:17,542 --> 00:46:19,542 "because you're from a single parent home, 1096 00:46:19,625 --> 00:46:21,083 "your dad's in prison, 1097 00:46:21,166 --> 00:46:23,208 you're Black, you know," I scared him, I said, 1098 00:46:23,291 --> 00:46:25,291 "The deck is really stacked against you. 1099 00:46:25,375 --> 00:46:27,583 What you gonna do to show 'em different?" 1100 00:46:27,667 --> 00:46:30,250 And he told me, "I ain't never going to jail. Watch." 1101 00:46:30,333 --> 00:46:34,750 And every year since then, I got every report card he ever had. 1102 00:46:34,834 --> 00:46:37,000 Straight A's, couple B's, 1103 00:46:37,083 --> 00:46:39,834 just real proud, so, whatever, whatever, 1104 00:46:39,917 --> 00:46:41,500 whatever resonated in that conversation 1105 00:46:41,583 --> 00:46:44,458 really stuck to him 'cause he already made his mind up. 1106 00:46:44,542 --> 00:46:46,667 I don't if it was resentment toward me for not being there 1107 00:46:46,750 --> 00:46:48,583 or whatever, but he made his mind up 1108 00:46:48,667 --> 00:46:50,333 that he was never comin' to prison. 1109 00:46:50,417 --> 00:46:52,333 Protester: From Palestine to the Philippines... 1110 00:46:52,417 --> 00:46:54,291 Protesters: Stop the US war machine! 1111 00:46:54,375 --> 00:46:56,291 Protester: From Palestine to the Philippines... 1112 00:46:56,375 --> 00:46:57,792 Protesters: Stop the US war machine! 1113 00:46:57,875 --> 00:46:59,166 Tubbs: My freshman year in college, 1114 00:46:59,250 --> 00:47:01,083 I took a class on the civil rights movement. 1115 00:47:02,667 --> 00:47:06,291 And I was so moved by the activists 1116 00:47:06,375 --> 00:47:08,458 and the way they had sacrificed. 1117 00:47:08,542 --> 00:47:09,959 (cheering) 1118 00:47:10,041 --> 00:47:12,333 But they weren't necessarily in the halls of power 1119 00:47:12,417 --> 00:47:14,417 to make the decision. 1120 00:47:14,500 --> 00:47:16,583 So, the activism was dependent on someone 1121 00:47:16,667 --> 00:47:20,041 in office or with authority to make the change. 1122 00:47:20,125 --> 00:47:22,625 I remember I told my friends, I'ma take one for the team. 1123 00:47:22,709 --> 00:47:24,542 Brenda Vasquez: Monies from undisclosed 1124 00:47:24,625 --> 00:47:27,291 contributors is going into Mayor Tubbs' non-profit. 1125 00:47:27,959 --> 00:47:29,667 Woman: I'm not paying all your taxes, 1126 00:47:29,750 --> 00:47:33,166 and I sure as hell ain't paying it 1127 00:47:33,250 --> 00:47:35,291 for you kids to get scholarships 1128 00:47:35,375 --> 00:47:37,333 to go to college. 1129 00:47:37,417 --> 00:47:40,667 Tubbs: Governing is different because it's not as pretty, 1130 00:47:40,750 --> 00:47:43,041 it's not as fun, it's not as flashy. 1131 00:47:43,125 --> 00:47:46,375 We gotta remember that God knows every thought, 1132 00:47:46,458 --> 00:47:48,625 every act of every human. 1133 00:47:48,709 --> 00:47:51,792 (inhales) Suck it deep into your lungs and hold it. 1134 00:47:51,875 --> 00:47:54,458 I wanna invite you to eliminate 1135 00:47:54,542 --> 00:47:56,542 pornography from your lives. 1136 00:47:56,625 --> 00:47:58,083 Is there a motion to approve? 1137 00:47:58,166 --> 00:47:59,750 Motion carried six to zero. 1138 00:47:59,834 --> 00:48:02,417 Move on to item 13.1. 1139 00:48:03,792 --> 00:48:06,083 Lopez: We try to capture a lot of what the mayor's doing 1140 00:48:06,166 --> 00:48:09,083 through social media, but it's a challenge right now, 1141 00:48:09,166 --> 00:48:10,375 especially with this Trump era. 1142 00:48:10,458 --> 00:48:12,709 Because the negative stuff is just what gets the clicks, 1143 00:48:12,792 --> 00:48:15,208 gets the likes, gets the shares, and the positive stuff 1144 00:48:15,291 --> 00:48:17,917 isn't all that interesting sometimes. 1145 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,125 So, it really is a struggle. 1146 00:48:20,625 --> 00:48:24,583 (shouting, arguing) 1147 00:48:25,834 --> 00:48:27,333 Ma'am, stop cussing in my chambers. 1148 00:48:27,417 --> 00:48:28,709 (shouting continues) 1149 00:48:28,792 --> 00:48:29,917 Lopez: Thinking back to when 1150 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:31,834 Michael Tubbs became Mayor Tubbs, 1151 00:48:31,917 --> 00:48:34,333 those first couple of council meetings, they were ugly, man. 1152 00:48:34,417 --> 00:48:37,458 (indistinct shouting) 1153 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:42,875 (shouting continues) 1154 00:48:43,792 --> 00:48:46,542 They were upset with Mayor Tubbs 1155 00:48:46,625 --> 00:48:49,750 for two situations that the cops had been involved in. 1156 00:48:49,834 --> 00:48:51,917 Well, both of those cases happened 1157 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:55,041 way before Mayor Tubbs was even in office. 1158 00:48:56,875 --> 00:48:59,417 One speaker talked about, 1159 00:48:59,500 --> 00:49:02,000 "The haters are coming for you," speaking to me directly. 1160 00:49:02,667 --> 00:49:04,583 I didn't feel threatened, but let's make no mistake. 1161 00:49:04,667 --> 00:49:06,917 -Threats were made. -Lopez: And then when the protesters 1162 00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:08,875 stopped showing up, the media stopped showing up 1163 00:49:08,959 --> 00:49:10,792 'cause there was no story to tell. 1164 00:49:10,875 --> 00:49:14,625 But they made him look bad, and that was the ultimate goa. 1165 00:49:15,166 --> 00:49:18,542 Do hereby intend to recall Michael D. Tubbs 1166 00:49:18,625 --> 00:49:21,750 who has, and continues, to waste city money and resources. 1167 00:49:21,834 --> 00:49:23,417 Lopez: And then those same folks 1168 00:49:23,500 --> 00:49:25,417 come up with another idea later on. 1169 00:49:26,083 --> 00:49:28,250 Let's have a recall campaign. 1170 00:49:28,333 --> 00:49:30,709 And they're supposed to collect 15,000 signatures. 1171 00:49:31,250 --> 00:49:33,917 But when it came time to turn in the signatures, 1172 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:36,834 guess how many signatures they turned in? Big fat zero. 1173 00:49:36,917 --> 00:49:39,917 I know when I'm on Fox News, I get all these tweets from 1174 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,583 bots and people with zero followers about how 1175 00:49:42,667 --> 00:49:45,208 I'm ignorant and stupid and scum and socialist. 1176 00:49:46,250 --> 00:49:49,417 I fundamentally do not care. That stuff doesn't bother me. 1177 00:49:49,500 --> 00:49:52,458 I am incredibly inspired by the turnout from the community 1178 00:49:52,542 --> 00:49:55,291 for our point-in-time count of those who are homeless. 1179 00:49:55,375 --> 00:49:57,792 This count's important because it will help us 1180 00:49:57,875 --> 00:49:59,750 create solutions to the issue we have with 1181 00:49:59,834 --> 00:50:02,667 folks who can't afford housing or on the streets, etc. 1182 00:50:03,542 --> 00:50:07,500 What I love is policy and problem solving, and getting things done. 1183 00:50:07,583 --> 00:50:09,458 What's exciting, we have this coming where we have a bunch 1184 00:50:09,542 --> 00:50:11,500 of minor league teams here in downtown. 1185 00:50:11,583 --> 00:50:13,959 We have housing coming online next year. 1186 00:50:14,041 --> 00:50:15,667 We have new microbreweries, so downtown 1187 00:50:15,750 --> 00:50:18,208 is finally becoming a downtow, slowly but surely. 1188 00:50:18,291 --> 00:50:19,792 (crowd cheering) 1189 00:50:19,875 --> 00:50:21,875 I think they only thing bigger than my grin 1190 00:50:21,959 --> 00:50:24,041 and the grin of the council members, is the Amazon logo. 1191 00:50:24,125 --> 00:50:26,875 People are looking at Stockton not as a place to run from, 1192 00:50:26,959 --> 00:50:28,959 but a place to invest in and partner with. 1193 00:50:29,041 --> 00:50:31,500 If someone came here with some services, would you accept them? 1194 00:50:31,583 --> 00:50:33,917 Like if someone said, hey, I could put you in a program here. 1195 00:50:34,250 --> 00:50:35,792 You will? 1196 00:50:37,041 --> 00:50:38,875 My mom just texted me and said, 1197 00:50:38,959 --> 00:50:41,000 "You guys still need help counting the homeless? 1198 00:50:41,083 --> 00:50:43,917 I can call in." (laughs) It's like, no, Mom. 1199 00:50:44,417 --> 00:50:45,709 Good morning! 1200 00:50:47,417 --> 00:50:49,208 The issues we're trying to solve, 1201 00:50:49,291 --> 00:50:51,208 mainly violent crime, poverty, 1202 00:50:51,291 --> 00:50:53,166 and housing, and homelessness, 1203 00:50:53,250 --> 00:50:56,125 is gonna take more creativity and more collaboration. 1204 00:50:57,250 --> 00:50:59,667 And also more of a willingness to take some risk. 1205 00:50:59,750 --> 00:51:02,041 Reporter: 1,200 letters going out to Stockton homes offering 1206 00:51:02,125 --> 00:51:04,417 a chance at getting 500 bucks a month? 1207 00:51:04,500 --> 00:51:06,875 It's part of a universal basic income study. 1208 00:51:06,959 --> 00:51:10,083 The guaranteed income idea has its opponents. 1209 00:51:10,166 --> 00:51:13,083 Conservatives against government handouts, 1210 00:51:13,166 --> 00:51:17,041 and labor unions who want well-paid jobs, 1211 00:51:17,125 --> 00:51:20,500 not small payments with no opportunity for advancement. 1212 00:51:20,583 --> 00:51:22,834 Tubbs: I'm gearing up for disbursements in February. 1213 00:51:22,917 --> 00:51:25,000 -That's gonna be an interesting moment. -Oh man. 1214 00:51:25,083 --> 00:51:27,208 First we gotta get there, that's the interesting part. 1215 00:51:27,291 --> 00:51:30,458 They have some sort of algorithm that's going to 1216 00:51:30,542 --> 00:51:33,083 actually send out letters, so there's no application, thank God. 1217 00:51:33,166 --> 00:51:35,041 So, the computer will spit out letters 1218 00:51:35,125 --> 00:51:36,917 -to 1,000 people. -Andy Stern: Right. 1219 00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:38,625 They'll respond in kind, and from that group, 1220 00:51:38,709 --> 00:51:41,208 they'll create a treatment group and a control group, 1221 00:51:41,291 --> 00:51:44,583 um, and that should be done by December, January? 1222 00:51:44,667 --> 00:51:47,041 So then February, we can start 1223 00:51:47,125 --> 00:51:49,250 seeing what happens and start raising the floor. 1224 00:51:49,333 --> 00:51:51,542 It's amazing how much is happening here. 1225 00:51:51,625 --> 00:51:54,291 Tubbs: Slowly but surely, we're trending in the right direction. 1226 00:51:54,375 --> 00:51:56,417 -Yeah, but you... -Fast momentum. 1227 00:51:59,667 --> 00:52:03,166 (indistinct chatter) 1228 00:52:04,166 --> 00:52:06,083 Tubbs: To the students of the first 1229 00:52:06,166 --> 00:52:09,458 class of Stockton Scholars. You guys represent 1230 00:52:09,542 --> 00:52:14,291 a $2 million investment over four years. 1231 00:52:14,375 --> 00:52:18,083 You are truly your ancestors' wildest dreams. 1232 00:52:18,500 --> 00:52:21,834 For some of you, your parents left their homeland 1233 00:52:21,917 --> 00:52:25,250 and immigrated here and left everything behind for this day. 1234 00:52:25,333 --> 00:52:27,834 For some of you two, three generations, 1235 00:52:27,917 --> 00:52:29,583 your parents toiled in the fields, 1236 00:52:29,667 --> 00:52:31,667 dealt with racism and segregation 1237 00:52:31,750 --> 00:52:34,750 and being spat on and seeing signs in the city that said, 1238 00:52:34,834 --> 00:52:36,500 "No Blacks, no dogs, no Filipinos," 1239 00:52:36,583 --> 00:52:39,125 but endured all that for this day, 1240 00:52:39,208 --> 00:52:41,250 and not because today is an ending, 1241 00:52:41,333 --> 00:52:42,625 but it's a beginning. 1242 00:52:42,709 --> 00:52:44,458 It's the acknowledgment that your future 1243 00:52:44,542 --> 00:52:46,333 is incredibly bright, and we cannot wait 1244 00:52:46,417 --> 00:52:48,250 to see what you do, 1245 00:52:48,333 --> 00:52:50,792 as you continue to grow and plant more seeds, 1246 00:52:50,875 --> 00:52:53,458 so that 10 years from now, 20 years from now, 1247 00:52:53,542 --> 00:52:56,834 every single kid in the city that you come from, 1248 00:52:56,917 --> 00:52:59,333 the city of Stockton, knows what it means 1249 00:52:59,417 --> 00:53:01,667 to be a Stockton Scholar. And is proud and says, 1250 00:53:01,750 --> 00:53:03,166 "Yes, I'm from Stockton." 1251 00:53:03,250 --> 00:53:05,792 And like a rose, we all grow from concrete. 1252 00:53:05,875 --> 00:53:08,333 So, thank you Stockton Scholars. I'm so proud. 1253 00:53:08,417 --> 00:53:10,083 -I'm looking forward to everything you guys do. -(applause) 1254 00:53:10,166 --> 00:53:12,875 -Thank you so much, man. -Tubbs: What are you gonna major in, graphic design? 1255 00:53:12,959 --> 00:53:15,166 -Photography. -Photography, awesome. 1256 00:53:15,250 --> 00:53:17,667 I think my plan is to go to photography, 1257 00:53:17,750 --> 00:53:19,792 and then get my credentials, and then probably come back 1258 00:53:19,875 --> 00:53:21,000 to Edison and teach photography. 1259 00:53:21,083 --> 00:53:23,375 -I'm in. Let me know how I can help. -Yeah. For sure. 1260 00:53:23,458 --> 00:53:25,291 Enjoy your day, man. Proud of you. 1261 00:53:25,375 --> 00:53:27,125 I'm speaking at your graduation, too! 1262 00:53:27,208 --> 00:53:29,000 Rogelio Vivero: Tubbs grew up in Stockton, 1263 00:53:29,083 --> 00:53:31,667 not always having money. Money was hard to come around. 1264 00:53:31,750 --> 00:53:33,875 I can just relate to that struggle. 1265 00:53:35,834 --> 00:53:38,041 My mother and father are both immigrants. 1266 00:53:38,125 --> 00:53:40,000 My dad is from Mexico, Mexico, 1267 00:53:40,083 --> 00:53:42,458 and my mom is from Sinaloa, Mexico. 1268 00:53:43,250 --> 00:53:45,208 It's very hard for them to make ends meet, 1269 00:53:45,291 --> 00:53:47,291 especially with my dad working in the fields. 1270 00:53:48,625 --> 00:53:50,709 He works in different fields in the mornings, 1271 00:53:50,792 --> 00:53:53,208 and then later, he goes to the onions at night, 1272 00:53:53,291 --> 00:53:56,625 you know, essentially working two jobs to make ends meet. 1273 00:53:58,417 --> 00:54:00,375 Stockton Scholars will make a difference for me 1274 00:54:00,458 --> 00:54:01,875 because then I don't have to worry 1275 00:54:01,959 --> 00:54:03,709 about my parents trying to help fund me 1276 00:54:03,792 --> 00:54:05,834 to go to college. 1277 00:54:07,583 --> 00:54:10,083 How many of you, show of hand, know what Stockton Scholars is 1278 00:54:10,166 --> 00:54:11,583 or have heard about it? 1279 00:54:12,667 --> 00:54:15,750 Basically, this scholarship is waiting for you. 1280 00:54:15,834 --> 00:54:17,750 Now, all you just need to do is just graduate. 1281 00:54:17,834 --> 00:54:19,041 Obviously, that's a long time from now. 1282 00:54:19,125 --> 00:54:21,208 You guys are still in eighth grade. You guys still haven't 1283 00:54:21,291 --> 00:54:23,083 made it to high school yet, but you guys will be there. 1284 00:54:23,166 --> 00:54:25,083 Rogelio was here, 1285 00:54:25,166 --> 00:54:27,125 sitting in the same spot here, 1286 00:54:27,208 --> 00:54:28,875 and now he's gonna go off to college. 1287 00:54:28,959 --> 00:54:30,250 I want you to see him 1288 00:54:30,333 --> 00:54:32,667 and I want you to believe in yourself 1289 00:54:33,041 --> 00:54:35,458 because this is you four years from now. 1290 00:54:35,542 --> 00:54:37,625 (indistinct) 1291 00:54:38,667 --> 00:54:42,125 Vivero: It's crazy how I got introducd into Stockton Scholars. 1292 00:54:42,208 --> 00:54:45,208 Two classes were chosen to go to the launching of the event, 1293 00:54:45,291 --> 00:54:47,917 and my class happened to be one of them, 1294 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:50,250 and I actually tweeted at Tubbs, like, 1295 00:54:50,333 --> 00:54:53,083 "I can't wait for the event on the 16th," 1296 00:54:53,166 --> 00:54:54,750 when they launched it. 1297 00:54:54,834 --> 00:54:56,750 And he DMed me and he was like, 1298 00:54:56,834 --> 00:54:58,792 "That's a secret!" And he followed me back, 1299 00:54:58,875 --> 00:55:00,834 -and I ended up getting in touch with him. -(laughs) 1300 00:55:00,917 --> 00:55:03,959 And through that, Lang reached out to me, 1301 00:55:04,041 --> 00:55:06,458 and he was like, "Tubbs asked if you wanted to be 1302 00:55:06,542 --> 00:55:09,291 one of the students on stage with the check." 1303 00:55:09,375 --> 00:55:12,625 And I was like, sure, why not? And then just ever since then, 1304 00:55:12,709 --> 00:55:15,291 I've been more connected with school than I ever have. 1305 00:55:15,375 --> 00:55:18,291 I'm holding you to that becoming a boomerang, 1306 00:55:18,375 --> 00:55:20,500 staying and coming back, getting your education, 1307 00:55:20,583 --> 00:55:23,000 coming back, and making our place better. 1308 00:55:23,083 --> 00:55:24,291 Not only a better place, 1309 00:55:24,375 --> 00:55:26,417 but a better world for our community. 1310 00:55:26,500 --> 00:55:28,750 Tubbs: I was in eighth grade in 2004, 1311 00:55:28,834 --> 00:55:30,166 so that's only 14 years ago. 1312 00:55:30,250 --> 00:55:32,291 If you had told me when I was an eighth grader 1313 00:55:32,375 --> 00:55:35,250 that in 14 years, I would be mayor of Stockton, 1314 00:55:35,333 --> 00:55:36,875 I would say you were crazy. 1315 00:55:37,875 --> 00:55:40,041 If someone in this circle said, "I'ma be mayor in 15 years," 1316 00:55:40,125 --> 00:55:41,709 -would y'all believe that? -Girl: No way. 1317 00:55:41,792 --> 00:55:44,000 Right? 'Cause it seems like, how? 1318 00:55:44,083 --> 00:55:46,709 But you're looking at it. It happened and I am 1319 00:55:46,792 --> 00:55:49,625 no different than each and every one of you. 1320 00:55:50,375 --> 00:55:52,542 Oppression exists, like things just 1321 00:55:52,625 --> 00:55:54,208 aren't fair, things are unequal. 1322 00:55:54,291 --> 00:55:57,375 There's evil people in this world, and all that's real. 1323 00:55:57,458 --> 00:55:59,125 But, what's also just as real 1324 00:55:59,208 --> 00:56:00,875 is that your ancestors, 1325 00:56:00,959 --> 00:56:02,667 the folks that made you who you are, 1326 00:56:02,750 --> 00:56:04,500 they conquered all that and more. 1327 00:56:04,583 --> 00:56:06,500 And I think it's our responsibility, 1328 00:56:06,583 --> 00:56:08,041 especially in the next coming years, 1329 00:56:08,125 --> 00:56:12,125 to kind of live out their wildest dreams and be unconquerable as well. 1330 00:56:12,208 --> 00:56:15,000 Anthony Rodriguez: So if you have any question 1331 00:56:15,083 --> 00:56:18,625 you wanna ask the mayor of our city at this point... 1332 00:56:18,709 --> 00:56:20,917 -Alright. -(kids giggle) 1333 00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:22,417 Alright, um... 1334 00:56:23,709 --> 00:56:26,417 Can you ask the school board to make the school lunch better? 1335 00:56:28,750 --> 00:56:31,667 Tubbs: Yeah, eighth grade was never my jam. 1336 00:56:31,750 --> 00:56:33,125 Chill in the stands! Go to the stands! 1337 00:56:33,208 --> 00:56:35,208 Tubbs: It takes a special individual to teach eighth grade. 1338 00:56:35,291 --> 00:56:36,417 Go to the stands. 1339 00:56:37,250 --> 00:56:38,500 Tubbs: Anthony's a good friend. 1340 00:56:39,250 --> 00:56:41,667 I thought he was from Stockton. 1341 00:56:41,750 --> 00:56:44,208 Can we wait until you get, like, you're for sure in college, 1342 00:56:44,291 --> 00:56:46,208 -and my heart is okay? -What do you mean for sure? 1343 00:56:46,291 --> 00:56:47,917 -I'm going to college! -Thank you! 1344 00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:49,834 Tubbs: I said, wait, you're not even from Stockton, bro? 1345 00:56:49,917 --> 00:56:51,375 He's like "No, no, I'm staying 1346 00:56:51,458 --> 00:56:52,834 because I believe in the vision. I'm here." 1347 00:56:52,917 --> 00:56:54,875 He's a real soldier. 1348 00:56:54,959 --> 00:56:56,709 And then I also realized that 1349 00:56:56,792 --> 00:56:59,291 particularly this first class of Stockton Scholars, 1350 00:56:59,834 --> 00:57:02,250 a lot of them were in his eighth grade class. 1351 00:57:02,333 --> 00:57:04,750 -(glasses clinking) -Man: Cheers, guys. 1352 00:57:04,834 --> 00:57:06,750 Rodriguez: Here's a fun fact about me. In Santa Barbara, 1353 00:57:06,834 --> 00:57:08,750 when I was 18 years old, my friend just said, 1354 00:57:08,834 --> 00:57:11,083 "Hey, you wanna go skydiving this weekend?" I was like... 1355 00:57:11,166 --> 00:57:12,291 sure. 1356 00:57:12,375 --> 00:57:14,583 She said, "I'll pay for it." I was like, "Alright, let's go." 1357 00:57:14,667 --> 00:57:17,917 First time I got in the plane, I jumped out the plane. 1358 00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:20,583 -I would never go skydiving. I promise you. -Come on! Come on! 1359 00:57:20,667 --> 00:57:23,458 -I'll be down on the ground watching. -I would be down... 1360 00:57:24,542 --> 00:57:26,417 Luntao: What adventure thing would you do? 1361 00:57:26,500 --> 00:57:28,542 Live every day in America. 1362 00:57:28,625 --> 00:57:31,375 I'm not kidding, bro. I don't do none of that stuff. 1363 00:57:31,458 --> 00:57:34,041 -Wait, for sure? -I do meetings. 1364 00:57:34,125 --> 00:57:36,083 That's my adventure for the day. 1365 00:57:36,166 --> 00:57:38,250 I'm not-- No. Life is too hard. 1366 00:57:38,333 --> 00:57:40,083 We need to go skiing some weekend. 1367 00:57:40,166 --> 00:57:43,125 Rodriguez: I think we just need to do something real quick 1368 00:57:43,208 --> 00:57:44,792 'cause we're looking at number two here, man, 1369 00:57:44,875 --> 00:57:47,166 so we're brewing. We don't know, I don't wanna-- 1370 00:57:47,250 --> 00:57:48,250 -Luntao: Let it be organic. -Yes, so-- 1371 00:57:48,333 --> 00:57:50,959 Well, quietly, me and Anna are starting to try. 1372 00:57:51,041 --> 00:57:52,625 -Yeah? -Yeah. 1373 00:57:52,709 --> 00:57:54,792 Okay! Get it in before 30? 1374 00:57:54,875 --> 00:57:56,417 Tubbs: That's beautiful. 1375 00:57:56,500 --> 00:57:58,625 Drinking to Hasan, Martin, and me 1376 00:57:58,709 --> 00:58:00,417 being the most attractive uncles 1377 00:58:00,500 --> 00:58:02,667 -in the world. -(cheering) 1378 00:58:02,750 --> 00:58:06,041 And to some great fathers! 1379 00:58:07,542 --> 00:58:10,750 Tubbs: As I think about fatherhood and what that means. 1380 00:58:11,709 --> 00:58:13,458 I'm just even more impatient 1381 00:58:13,542 --> 00:58:16,417 with the way things are. 1382 00:58:18,583 --> 00:58:20,500 That's my wife. "Really?" she said. 1383 00:58:20,583 --> 00:58:23,417 "She was so nice. She took down my personal statement." 1384 00:58:23,500 --> 00:58:24,875 Aw, she's super sweet. 1385 00:58:24,959 --> 00:58:27,125 Tubbs: We're in Washington DC, 1386 00:58:27,208 --> 00:58:29,250 and she wasn't feeling well. 1387 00:58:30,417 --> 00:58:32,875 And she was like, "I think I might be pregnant." 1388 00:58:32,959 --> 00:58:34,208 I was like, "Yo, it'd be cool 1389 00:58:34,291 --> 00:58:36,000 if we found that out on Valentine's Day, right?" 1390 00:58:36,083 --> 00:58:38,500 She's like, yeah. It was like 10:30. "Let's go to Walgreens." 1391 00:58:38,583 --> 00:58:40,166 So, I call an Uber to Walgreens. 1392 00:58:40,250 --> 00:58:42,333 And it was funny 'cause we were all super dressed 1393 00:58:42,417 --> 00:58:43,667 and buy a pregnancy test. 1394 00:58:43,750 --> 00:58:46,291 And I remember joking saying, 1395 00:58:46,375 --> 00:58:49,458 "At least we're adults with jobs who planned this. 1396 00:58:49,542 --> 00:58:51,333 Like at least--" 'Cause it still felt weird. 1397 00:58:51,417 --> 00:58:53,041 But it's like, we're married. 1398 00:58:53,125 --> 00:58:55,000 This is a normal thing. It's not like something 1399 00:58:55,083 --> 00:58:57,375 to be ashamed of or something to be stressed about. 1400 00:58:57,917 --> 00:58:59,875 I was like, how'd y'all find this green juice place? 1401 00:58:59,959 --> 00:59:02,333 I didn't cry till I saw the ultrasound for the first time. 1402 00:59:02,417 --> 00:59:04,667 And then I was like bawling. 1403 00:59:04,750 --> 00:59:07,333 (crowd chatter) 1404 00:59:07,792 --> 00:59:09,750 Coach: Walk it out, Joy! 1405 00:59:09,834 --> 00:59:12,917 They keep their momentum, they could be good. 1406 00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:15,417 (chatter continues) 1407 00:59:17,583 --> 00:59:19,875 (whistle blows) 1408 00:59:19,959 --> 00:59:21,667 We're like, hey... 1409 00:59:21,750 --> 00:59:24,500 -Evans: I got a court date. -Can the coaches do something... 1410 00:59:24,583 --> 00:59:26,208 I did something back in the past 1411 00:59:26,291 --> 00:59:29,625 before I found myself, and it caught back up with me. 1412 00:59:30,667 --> 00:59:32,250 (scoreboard buzzer) 1413 00:59:33,417 --> 00:59:35,709 The charges are from a burglary. 1414 00:59:35,792 --> 00:59:38,208 -Levin: From how long ago? -Uh... 1415 00:59:38,291 --> 00:59:41,709 was it-- probably like two years ago. 1416 00:59:41,792 --> 00:59:44,375 I thought I was living my best life. (laughs) 1417 00:59:44,458 --> 00:59:48,041 I go to court, and they just put the ankle monitor on me. 1418 00:59:48,125 --> 00:59:49,583 It's house arrest. 1419 00:59:49,667 --> 00:59:51,542 But, if I'm at school, you know, 1420 00:59:51,625 --> 00:59:54,417 there's gotta be some good in that, so. (laughs) 1421 00:59:54,500 --> 00:59:57,166 That's why I'm at school 24/7 now. 1422 01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:04,250 Hawkins: But what happened with the ankle bracelet? 1423 01:00:04,333 --> 01:00:06,458 Tell me about that. How did that come about? 1424 01:00:06,542 --> 01:00:08,750 -Evans: Like, what's going on? -Hawkins: Yeah. 1425 01:00:08,834 --> 01:00:11,291 -Is this old stuff you said? -Evans: Yeah. 1426 01:00:11,375 --> 01:00:13,375 Hawkins: Old stuff? Like how they gonna bring up old stuff 1427 01:00:13,458 --> 01:00:15,417 if you been doing so well in school? 1428 01:00:15,500 --> 01:00:17,583 Evans: It's like them getting like a tip. 1429 01:00:17,667 --> 01:00:20,250 Like, say out of nowhere, somebody left outta town, 1430 01:00:20,333 --> 01:00:23,792 came back, and they gonna give them a tip on something. 1431 01:00:23,875 --> 01:00:26,250 -Hawkins: So when is the court date? -Evans: On Monday. 1432 01:00:26,333 --> 01:00:28,917 Hawkins: Oh. Well, you already know, man. 1433 01:00:29,041 --> 01:00:31,125 Like I keep telling you over and over and over. 1434 01:00:31,208 --> 01:00:33,166 It's your life, 1435 01:00:33,250 --> 01:00:35,500 but I think everything gonna be alright. 1436 01:00:35,583 --> 01:00:37,917 Evans: Yeah, I mean, the maximum 1437 01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:39,458 is 18 months, 1438 01:00:39,542 --> 01:00:41,959 but with that being said, 1439 01:00:42,041 --> 01:00:43,125 when it come down to it, you ain't gonna-- 1440 01:00:43,208 --> 01:00:44,458 pretty much you have to do no time. 1441 01:00:44,542 --> 01:00:46,291 There gonna be a lot of community service. 1442 01:00:46,375 --> 01:00:48,750 -But you don't wanna do none of that. -I know. No, no, I don't-- 1443 01:00:48,834 --> 01:00:52,000 You don't ever wanna be put on any papers with these people, 1444 01:00:52,083 --> 01:00:55,417 'cause once that thing start, it keep going. You feel me? 1445 01:00:57,709 --> 01:01:00,834 Dellafosse: Unfortunately, Isaiah doesn't understand that he's facing 1446 01:01:00,917 --> 01:01:03,000 serious charges, and so... 1447 01:01:03,083 --> 01:01:05,291 as we're putting our portfolio together, 1448 01:01:05,375 --> 01:01:07,166 um, I wanted to connect with you all here. 1449 01:01:07,250 --> 01:01:09,500 Does he have any more cases prior to this one? 1450 01:01:09,583 --> 01:01:11,500 -He had a prior. Armed robbery, too. -Had a prior? 1451 01:01:11,583 --> 01:01:13,000 -Home invasion. -Oh, so it's twice. 1452 01:01:13,083 --> 01:01:16,333 And then he also had a gun charge in 2017. 1453 01:01:16,417 --> 01:01:18,792 -That's what's gonna be hard. -2016. 1454 01:01:18,875 --> 01:01:21,500 -But that one was dropped. -Is he looking at a life sentence? 1455 01:01:21,583 --> 01:01:23,834 -He's looking at a life sentence. -Oh, wow. 1456 01:01:23,917 --> 01:01:26,792 -No one was killed though, right? -No, just on a robbery. 1457 01:01:26,875 --> 01:01:28,500 -Home invasions carry... -Kidnapping. 1458 01:01:28,583 --> 01:01:30,625 Kidnapping carries a life sentence. 1459 01:01:30,709 --> 01:01:33,166 -That's what it was. -We were talking about Michael Tubbs. 1460 01:01:33,250 --> 01:01:36,041 His dad didn't kill nobody. He's got, uh, 1461 01:01:36,125 --> 01:01:38,208 robbery with kidnapping or something. 1462 01:01:38,291 --> 01:01:39,834 And that's what he got, a life sentence. 1463 01:01:39,917 --> 01:01:41,875 -It's crazy how it's like very similar. -Yeah. 1464 01:01:46,417 --> 01:01:48,125 Tubbs Sr.: It was 1996. 1465 01:01:48,959 --> 01:01:50,792 I was doing a violation at that time 1466 01:01:50,875 --> 01:01:52,667 for a drug-related violation. 1467 01:01:52,750 --> 01:01:55,291 My ex-wife at the time was pregnant. 1468 01:01:56,250 --> 01:01:58,542 When my daughter was born, Makayla was born 1469 01:01:58,625 --> 01:02:00,208 February 14th, '96. 1470 01:02:00,291 --> 01:02:02,417 They called me to my counselor's office, 1471 01:02:02,500 --> 01:02:04,208 and they was like, "The doctor wanna speak to you." 1472 01:02:04,291 --> 01:02:06,667 So I knew something was wrong then. And, uh, 1473 01:02:06,750 --> 01:02:10,375 the doctor told me my daughter was born with, uh, birth defects. 1474 01:02:10,458 --> 01:02:13,667 She was blind, deaf, had a hole in her heart, 1475 01:02:13,750 --> 01:02:17,458 cleft palate, and he said that she probably wouldn't make it. 1476 01:02:18,166 --> 01:02:20,208 And maybe a week later, they end up 1477 01:02:20,291 --> 01:02:22,375 letting me out early on an ankle monitor. 1478 01:02:22,458 --> 01:02:24,166 I wasn't working at the time. 1479 01:02:24,250 --> 01:02:26,709 Didn't have no income whatsoever. 1480 01:02:26,792 --> 01:02:28,875 And, um, then one day, 1481 01:02:28,959 --> 01:02:31,333 like maybe almost a month later, the doctor called. 1482 01:02:31,417 --> 01:02:33,208 Was like, um, "She's not gonna make it. This is probably the last day. 1483 01:02:33,291 --> 01:02:34,834 We're gonna take her off the machine." 1484 01:02:35,291 --> 01:02:37,709 So, I get there. I wanted to take her outside. 1485 01:02:37,792 --> 01:02:40,250 She never left the hospital, never had fresh air. 1486 01:02:40,333 --> 01:02:41,750 She was always on the respirator. 1487 01:02:41,834 --> 01:02:44,333 So, I grabbed her in my arms, me... 1488 01:02:45,166 --> 01:02:47,709 and my two little brothers, we went outside. 1489 01:02:49,333 --> 01:02:51,500 And she died in my arms. 1490 01:02:52,625 --> 01:02:55,250 And, um, that night, I cut the ankle monitor 1491 01:02:55,333 --> 01:02:56,709 'cause they let me out on an ankle monitor. 1492 01:02:56,792 --> 01:02:59,959 I cut the ankle monitor off my leg, and, um... 1493 01:03:01,041 --> 01:03:03,917 I needed some money to bury my daughter, and I ended up... 1494 01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:06,458 some guys I knew that was in the drug game. 1495 01:03:06,542 --> 01:03:08,125 I ended up robbing 'em. 1496 01:03:09,166 --> 01:03:10,583 I didn't know it was a kidnap robbery. 1497 01:03:10,667 --> 01:03:12,375 We just moved them from one spot to another 1498 01:03:12,458 --> 01:03:15,583 to get some money, and I buried my daughter. 1499 01:03:15,667 --> 01:03:18,834 I ended up with about maybe $3,700. 1500 01:03:20,041 --> 01:03:22,792 It was 13 days after Mike's 5th birthday. 1501 01:03:22,875 --> 01:03:24,750 Coco didn't want him to go to the funeral at first. 1502 01:03:24,834 --> 01:03:26,959 And I talked to him. I was like, "Do you understand what's going on?" 1503 01:03:27,041 --> 01:03:28,792 And he did. He was like, "Yeah. 1504 01:03:28,875 --> 01:03:32,083 My sister's going to Heaven. I wanna go." And, uh, 1505 01:03:32,166 --> 01:03:34,166 when we rode in the limo, he's sitting next to me 1506 01:03:34,250 --> 01:03:35,959 like a little man. He had his little suit on. 1507 01:03:36,041 --> 01:03:38,792 He was like proud. He cried. It like... 1508 01:03:38,875 --> 01:03:42,458 I was happy and sad that day. I was proud of him for being 1509 01:03:42,542 --> 01:03:44,834 strong enough to know what was going on and understand it, 1510 01:03:44,917 --> 01:03:47,291 and I was proud of him for going with me, and I was sad 1511 01:03:47,375 --> 01:03:48,834 because I was burying my daughter, 1512 01:03:48,917 --> 01:03:50,834 so it was like a tough day for me. 1513 01:03:51,208 --> 01:03:54,583 And I've been in prison ever since. That was '96. 1514 01:03:58,041 --> 01:03:59,667 Tubbs: How's everything with you? 1515 01:03:59,750 --> 01:04:01,583 How's the youth organizing stuff going? 1516 01:04:04,583 --> 01:04:05,875 What happened? 1517 01:04:06,709 --> 01:04:07,750 Who? 1518 01:04:09,125 --> 01:04:12,500 (somber music playing) 1519 01:04:12,583 --> 01:04:13,875 Isaiah. 1520 01:04:14,542 --> 01:04:16,750 Tubbs: 1521 01:04:19,041 --> 01:04:19,959 I know. 1522 01:04:20,041 --> 01:04:21,667 He was already on probation. 1523 01:04:21,750 --> 01:04:24,458 -What were his priors? -Gun charges. 1524 01:04:25,792 --> 01:04:27,375 That little boy? 1525 01:04:27,458 --> 01:04:29,333 What? He's the sweetest little, he's... 1526 01:04:29,417 --> 01:04:31,000 When I came and spoke, 1527 01:04:31,083 --> 01:04:33,125 -he was like my little staffer! -Dellafosse: I know. 1528 01:04:33,208 --> 01:04:35,834 -He's like a sweetheart. -Yeah. 1529 01:04:35,917 --> 01:04:38,250 (sobs) 1530 01:04:48,959 --> 01:04:51,500 Bailiff: Be seated and come to order. The court is now in session. 1531 01:04:51,583 --> 01:04:53,125 The Honorable Gus Barrera presiding. 1532 01:04:53,500 --> 01:04:56,208 Alright, thank you. Good morning, good morning. 1533 01:04:56,291 --> 01:04:58,375 Let's go ahead and call the matter of Isaiah Evans. 1534 01:04:58,458 --> 01:05:00,250 Isaiah is present before the court. 1535 01:05:00,333 --> 01:05:01,709 Council, Mr. Hillenbrand, 1536 01:05:01,792 --> 01:05:05,041 Council for the people and probation. 1537 01:05:05,125 --> 01:05:07,041 This matter is open to the public pursuant... 1538 01:05:07,125 --> 01:05:09,542 Dellafosse: What's at stake is that life for a young person, 1539 01:05:09,625 --> 01:05:11,208 they get out at 25. 1540 01:05:11,291 --> 01:05:13,333 Life for an adult, like, is life. 1541 01:05:13,417 --> 01:05:14,750 Like you're there forever. 1542 01:05:14,834 --> 01:05:17,083 Tubbs: What's interesting about Isaiah's case 1543 01:05:17,166 --> 01:05:19,333 is it's the same DA's office that prosecuted Isaiah 1544 01:05:19,417 --> 01:05:21,750 also prosecuted my father and my uncles. 1545 01:05:21,834 --> 01:05:25,417 Just fascinating how, 29 years later, 1546 01:05:25,500 --> 01:05:27,458 you got the same DA's office, 1547 01:05:27,542 --> 01:05:29,917 similar circumstances. 1548 01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:31,625 Judge Barrera: Gonna come back on Wednesday and coordinate 1549 01:05:31,709 --> 01:05:33,583 with the co-responsible's attorney and then 1550 01:05:33,667 --> 01:05:35,917 figure out where we're going. 1551 01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:37,792 Tubbs: It's also interesting 'cause my dad was 1552 01:05:37,875 --> 01:05:39,917 in that facility when I was born. 1553 01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:41,917 So, it's also like kinda time travel, 1554 01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:44,250 going back and like talking to him, 1555 01:05:44,333 --> 01:05:46,709 even though it's not really him, if that makes sense. 1556 01:05:47,875 --> 01:05:49,792 If you look at the folks who are in our prisons, 1557 01:05:49,875 --> 01:05:51,792 most of them come from povert. 1558 01:05:51,875 --> 01:05:53,917 Most of them come from neighborhoods with bad school. 1559 01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:56,792 There's a bunch of things that correlate 1560 01:05:56,875 --> 01:05:59,583 to them individually being incarcerated. 1561 01:05:59,667 --> 01:06:02,750 I think the biggest challenge is that as a society, 1562 01:06:02,834 --> 01:06:05,458 we have to understand that people make individual choices, 1563 01:06:05,542 --> 01:06:07,166 for sure, and people should be held accountable 1564 01:06:07,250 --> 01:06:09,333 for their actions. But, at the same time, 1565 01:06:09,417 --> 01:06:11,291 we also need to be held accountable as a community 1566 01:06:11,375 --> 01:06:13,458 for the policy choices we make that create such 1567 01:06:13,542 --> 01:06:16,417 unequal neighborhoods and unequal inputs for people. 1568 01:06:17,542 --> 01:06:19,750 But that's much more difficult than locking somebody up... 1569 01:06:19,834 --> 01:06:23,208 -Thank you. -and locking them away so we don't have to see them. 1570 01:06:25,250 --> 01:06:27,041 Half those men in there have kids, 1571 01:06:27,875 --> 01:06:30,667 and they're all 19, 20, 21. Their kids are 2, 3, 4, 5. 1572 01:06:31,667 --> 01:06:33,291 So that was like, wow. 1573 01:06:33,375 --> 01:06:35,375 The cycle continues. 1574 01:06:36,542 --> 01:06:39,542 -(siren blaring) -(police radio chatter) 1575 01:06:42,500 --> 01:06:44,125 Reporter: Glass shattered, 1576 01:06:44,208 --> 01:06:46,458 three lives taken after gunfire 1577 01:06:46,542 --> 01:06:50,208 on Finland Avenue and F Street shortly after midnight. 1578 01:06:50,792 --> 01:06:53,333 Two people were dead inside the car: 1579 01:06:53,417 --> 01:06:56,208 18-year-old Tiffany Connary and her brother, 1580 01:06:56,291 --> 01:06:59,291 19-year-old David Connary. A third victim, 1581 01:06:59,375 --> 01:07:01,000 a close friend of the siblings, 1582 01:07:01,083 --> 01:07:02,709 18-year-old Remilio Castillo, 1583 01:07:02,792 --> 01:07:06,583 was transported to a hospital, but died. 1584 01:07:07,417 --> 01:07:09,041 Tubbs: Remilio was actually a student 1585 01:07:09,125 --> 01:07:10,792 in the Summer Success and Leadership Academy, 1586 01:07:10,875 --> 01:07:12,291 a program I co-founded at UOP. 1587 01:07:12,375 --> 01:07:14,625 So, I had lived with him for a week on campus. 1588 01:07:15,208 --> 01:07:16,458 This is deeply personal, 1589 01:07:16,542 --> 01:07:18,000 which is why I'm a little bit crazy about it 1590 01:07:18,083 --> 01:07:20,166 because it's like these aren't just random people 1591 01:07:20,250 --> 01:07:22,000 or random people's kids. 1592 01:07:22,083 --> 01:07:24,000 These are kids I grew up with or I taught. 1593 01:07:24,083 --> 01:07:25,375 Woman: How do you actually defuse 1594 01:07:25,458 --> 01:07:28,375 the violence and deescalate the violence? 1595 01:07:28,458 --> 01:07:30,375 Because I have never seen a community this stressed. 1596 01:07:30,458 --> 01:07:32,000 Eric Jones: We've got two very acute 1597 01:07:32,083 --> 01:07:34,542 paths we're on on this. One, solve the case. 1598 01:07:34,625 --> 01:07:36,208 The other one is preventing retaliation. 1599 01:07:36,291 --> 01:07:37,667 We don't want any more. 1600 01:07:37,750 --> 01:07:39,375 Christian Clegg: Peacekeepers and Advance Peace 1601 01:07:39,458 --> 01:07:41,166 have been all hands on deck, 1602 01:07:41,250 --> 01:07:45,000 and it's a hair-width away from retaliation... 1603 01:07:45,083 --> 01:07:47,208 -Tubbs: Hmm, yeah. -...some of the time and these-- 1604 01:07:47,291 --> 01:07:50,166 these great-- these great outreach workers are just 1605 01:07:50,250 --> 01:07:51,917 holding the line. 1606 01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:54,000 (siren blaring) 1607 01:07:55,083 --> 01:07:56,875 Aguilar: We're really trying to save our community, 1608 01:07:56,959 --> 01:07:59,208 and how we do that is reaching out to our young ones 1609 01:07:59,291 --> 01:08:01,000 that are losing their lives. How old are you right now? 1610 01:08:01,083 --> 01:08:03,250 -Man: 20. -He's 20 years old, 1611 01:08:03,333 --> 01:08:05,875 seeing a young homie that just lost his life was 18 years old. 1612 01:08:05,959 --> 01:08:08,291 I got people calling me from prison, from youth authority. 1613 01:08:08,375 --> 01:08:11,625 I got at-risk kids, and I take them to Advance Peace, 1614 01:08:11,709 --> 01:08:13,750 and we get information from them 1615 01:08:13,834 --> 01:08:15,375 like what's going on in the streets. 1616 01:08:19,375 --> 01:08:21,458 Tubbs: Stockton's much more than tragedy. 1617 01:08:21,542 --> 01:08:23,417 And I think what makes Stockton so great 1618 01:08:23,500 --> 01:08:25,250 is that even when bad things happen, 1619 01:08:25,333 --> 01:08:27,291 we always find a way to rebound, 1620 01:08:27,375 --> 01:08:29,083 whether it's going from bankruptcy to being 1621 01:08:29,166 --> 01:08:31,125 the second most fiscally healthy city. 1622 01:08:31,208 --> 01:08:32,792 Whether it's having more homicides per capita 1623 01:08:32,875 --> 01:08:34,250 than Chicago and Afghanistan. 1624 01:08:34,333 --> 01:08:35,500 We always bounce back. 1625 01:08:35,959 --> 01:08:37,375 Aguilar: Stockton has been a victim 1626 01:08:37,458 --> 01:08:39,250 far too long of gun violence. 1627 01:08:39,333 --> 01:08:40,709 You know, a lot of us have lost loved ones 1628 01:08:40,792 --> 01:08:42,625 and family members and friends. 1629 01:08:43,041 --> 01:08:46,792 Thank you for the people that are being brave in coming here. 1630 01:08:46,875 --> 01:08:48,417 Some of us have just lost family members. 1631 01:08:48,500 --> 01:08:50,959 It's hard to have this conversation. 1632 01:08:51,041 --> 01:08:52,625 Rodriguez: Give me a situation, 1633 01:08:52,709 --> 01:08:55,834 especially to young teenagers here in Stockton, 1634 01:08:55,917 --> 01:08:58,834 that leave us shocked, okay? Mia. 1635 01:08:58,917 --> 01:09:00,542 -Mia: Death. -Rodriguez: Death. 1636 01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:05,291 I think us understanding that shocked 1637 01:09:05,375 --> 01:09:07,792 is something for us to really dig deep with 1638 01:09:07,875 --> 01:09:11,750 because of this whole thing with teens dying. 1639 01:09:11,834 --> 01:09:14,291 I've lost three kids this year, 1640 01:09:14,375 --> 01:09:16,000 and just thinking that one of them 1641 01:09:16,083 --> 01:09:18,000 was in my class, 1642 01:09:18,083 --> 01:09:20,959 hearing these lessons, sitting in my circles, 1643 01:09:21,041 --> 01:09:23,750 met Mr. Tubbs when he was a council member. 1644 01:09:23,834 --> 01:09:26,500 And now just really understanding that these things 1645 01:09:26,583 --> 01:09:28,667 really could happen to them. 1646 01:09:29,917 --> 01:09:32,333 Dellafosse: I think this is why we do this work, right? 1647 01:09:32,417 --> 01:09:34,917 Um... aaah! 1648 01:09:37,083 --> 01:09:40,125 I wasn't expecting to see Remy's mom here today. 1649 01:09:43,375 --> 01:09:45,500 What a tragic yet very sad thing 1650 01:09:45,583 --> 01:09:47,500 to happen in our community. 1651 01:09:47,583 --> 01:09:50,583 (chattering in Spanish) 1652 01:09:54,458 --> 01:09:56,959 And I when I think about Remy, I think about his resilience 1653 01:09:57,041 --> 01:09:58,959 and his amazing character that he had 1654 01:09:59,041 --> 01:10:01,291 and that he showed in our program. 1655 01:10:01,375 --> 01:10:03,917 And we were very honored to have him. 1656 01:10:04,250 --> 01:10:06,041 (chatter continues) 1657 01:10:06,125 --> 01:10:08,291 It's gonna take more than just elected officials. 1658 01:10:08,375 --> 01:10:10,500 It's gonna take all of us 1659 01:10:10,583 --> 01:10:13,125 to really change what is happening in our community. 1660 01:10:15,083 --> 01:10:18,500 (train crossing bell ringing) 1661 01:10:20,500 --> 01:10:22,917 Aguilar: Back in the late '80s and the early '90s, 1662 01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:24,709 Stockton was at a very low point, 1663 01:10:24,792 --> 01:10:27,250 and we had contributed to that. 1664 01:10:27,333 --> 01:10:29,208 Now, we're in our 40s coming home 1665 01:10:29,291 --> 01:10:31,333 after 20-something years in the prison system, 1666 01:10:31,417 --> 01:10:33,083 and little or nothing has changed, 1667 01:10:33,166 --> 01:10:34,667 and even now the violence has gone up. 1668 01:10:34,750 --> 01:10:36,208 How can we now make a difference 1669 01:10:36,291 --> 01:10:38,875 and try to like really let our community know 1670 01:10:38,959 --> 01:10:40,333 that we're not here to cause destruction? 1671 01:10:40,417 --> 01:10:42,000 We're here to cause healing. 1672 01:10:42,083 --> 01:10:45,125 (indistinct chatter) 1673 01:10:48,291 --> 01:10:52,083 Iyanla Vanzant: The trauma that we are experiencing is genetic. 1674 01:10:52,417 --> 01:10:54,250 It's historic. 1675 01:10:54,333 --> 01:10:56,417 It's ancestral. 1676 01:10:56,500 --> 01:10:58,709 And it's coming up to be healed. 1677 01:10:58,792 --> 01:11:00,875 So, I'm happy to be 1678 01:11:00,959 --> 01:11:02,917 in a government office that uses 1679 01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:05,083 the word "healing," 1680 01:11:05,166 --> 01:11:08,458 -as opposed to "fix," "change," you know. -(murmured agreement) 1681 01:11:08,542 --> 01:11:12,041 It really is about healing to make whole again. 1682 01:11:12,125 --> 01:11:13,875 Woman: Our city is running rampant. 1683 01:11:13,959 --> 01:11:16,041 -Our children are running rampant, like you said-- -Vanzant: No. 1684 01:11:16,125 --> 01:11:18,667 -Let's re-language that. -Okay. 1685 01:11:19,041 --> 01:11:21,291 Vanzant: You are now becoming aware 1686 01:11:21,375 --> 01:11:25,083 -of where healing is required. -(murmured agreement) 1687 01:11:25,166 --> 01:11:27,291 -That's what you're seeing. -Okay. 1688 01:11:27,375 --> 01:11:29,917 Vanzant: So, we see the need for our children's healing, 1689 01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:31,458 and... (chuckles) 1690 01:11:31,542 --> 01:11:33,917 And we see... 1691 01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:36,458 the absence of our Black fathers 1692 01:11:36,542 --> 01:11:38,959 and our Brown fathers. 1693 01:11:39,041 --> 01:11:40,583 What do you have for your matriarchs? 1694 01:11:40,667 --> 01:11:42,959 What can-- What wisdom can you leave us? 1695 01:11:43,041 --> 01:11:45,959 It looks like the men are absent, 1696 01:11:46,041 --> 01:11:47,792 but at the same time, 1697 01:11:47,875 --> 01:11:50,959 their absence is causing the women to rise. 1698 01:11:51,041 --> 01:11:54,041 -A man is who his mother makes him. -(snapping) 1699 01:11:54,834 --> 01:11:58,208 A man is who his mother makes him. 1700 01:11:59,542 --> 01:12:02,917 Because her heartbeat, her voice, 1701 01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:04,792 is the first sound he hears. 1702 01:12:04,875 --> 01:12:06,458 (murmuring) 1703 01:12:06,542 --> 01:12:09,625 So, it starts from womb time, 1704 01:12:09,709 --> 01:12:12,417 her being able to 1705 01:12:12,500 --> 01:12:15,417 plant seeds that ultimately grow. 1706 01:12:15,500 --> 01:12:18,583 Yeah. So, don't-- don't despair. 1707 01:12:20,041 --> 01:12:21,709 Don't despair. 1708 01:12:22,917 --> 01:12:26,500 Nti-Asare-Tubbs: We put out a 160-page report last year. 1709 01:12:26,583 --> 01:12:29,625 It was the first ever report on the status of women in Stockton. 1710 01:12:29,709 --> 01:12:31,792 So that we know exactly how women are doing 1711 01:12:31,875 --> 01:12:33,500 compared to the rest of the women in the county, 1712 01:12:33,583 --> 01:12:34,834 the rest of the women in our state, 1713 01:12:34,917 --> 01:12:36,208 and the rest of the women in our country. 1714 01:12:36,291 --> 01:12:38,375 -(laughs) -You just blessed me. 1715 01:12:39,875 --> 01:12:41,500 Nti-Asare-Tubbs: There's huge intersections 1716 01:12:41,583 --> 01:12:44,000 between the SEED program and gender equity. 1717 01:12:44,083 --> 01:12:45,500 And when we think about single mothers 1718 01:12:45,583 --> 01:12:48,208 not having access to affordable childcare, 1719 01:12:48,291 --> 01:12:51,333 they might use that $500 for something like that. 1720 01:12:51,417 --> 01:12:53,375 And when we think about 1721 01:12:53,458 --> 01:12:55,166 victims of domestic violence 1722 01:12:55,250 --> 01:12:58,333 and their inability to leave an abusive partner, 1723 01:12:58,417 --> 01:13:01,375 $500 a month can really make a difference for them. 1724 01:13:01,458 --> 01:13:04,333 The biggest thing that I think Michael has said quite often 1725 01:13:04,417 --> 01:13:06,417 with SEED is the reason there's not 1726 01:13:06,500 --> 01:13:09,041 a training around what they need to do with the $500 1727 01:13:09,125 --> 01:13:11,583 is because we trust that they know what they need to do 1728 01:13:11,667 --> 01:13:14,917 to make their lives better or feel more secure 1729 01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:17,875 or reach for whatever goal or dream they have. 1730 01:13:17,959 --> 01:13:20,917 And I think especially in women's stories, we're gonna see that. 1731 01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:23,250 Reporter 1: We're getting the first batch of data 1732 01:13:23,333 --> 01:13:25,834 on a free money program in Stockton. 1733 01:13:25,917 --> 01:13:28,500 It started earlier this year, providing low-income residents 1734 01:13:28,583 --> 01:13:30,834 with $500 a month... 1735 01:13:30,917 --> 01:13:32,375 Reporter 2: According to the first data released, 1736 01:13:32,458 --> 01:13:35,750 40% went to food, 25% to merchandise, 1737 01:13:35,834 --> 01:13:38,917 and another 12% to pay utility bills. 1738 01:13:39,750 --> 01:13:42,625 Recipient 1: I paid down some credit card debt, got rid of a couple. 1739 01:13:42,709 --> 01:13:45,250 Recipient 2: It helps me get diapers, baby wipes. 1740 01:13:45,333 --> 01:13:47,750 Recipient 3: Paid all my bills. That was the biggest stress relief. 1741 01:13:47,834 --> 01:13:49,375 Recipient 4: Get a battery for my car. 1742 01:13:49,458 --> 01:13:52,208 Recipient 5: My son wanted to go to a football camp. 1743 01:13:52,291 --> 01:13:55,083 Recipient 6: I saved most of it, trying to find a good use for it. 1744 01:13:55,166 --> 01:13:57,625 Recipient 7: I can pay, finally, for my books that I need. 1745 01:13:57,709 --> 01:13:59,375 Recipient 8: I have a sick sister in Orego, 1746 01:13:59,458 --> 01:14:01,041 and I can't afford to always go to see her. 1747 01:14:01,125 --> 01:14:02,542 Recipient 9: Insurance won't cover it. 1748 01:14:02,625 --> 01:14:04,417 It's a huge burden off of our shoulders. 1749 01:14:04,500 --> 01:14:05,959 Recipient 9: My daughter's birthday just passed, 1750 01:14:06,041 --> 01:14:09,208 and it felt so nice to ask her what she wanted. 1751 01:14:11,792 --> 01:14:13,750 Magdalena Taitano: I saw it on TV, 1752 01:14:13,834 --> 01:14:16,417 and then I read it in the newspaper. 1753 01:14:16,500 --> 01:14:18,125 And we got this 1754 01:14:18,208 --> 01:14:19,959 letter and I looked at it, 1755 01:14:20,041 --> 01:14:22,125 and I said, "Oh my God. 1756 01:14:22,208 --> 01:14:25,125 Of all people in Stockton, they have my name." 1757 01:14:25,208 --> 01:14:26,542 (laughs) 1758 01:14:27,750 --> 01:14:31,542 I called them up and I said, "Is this real?" You know? 1759 01:14:33,166 --> 01:14:35,208 This is not the time for me to... 1760 01:14:36,375 --> 01:14:38,625 to refuse. 1761 01:14:38,709 --> 01:14:40,750 (voice breaking): My husband recently... 1762 01:14:41,875 --> 01:14:43,875 became disabled, 1763 01:14:44,750 --> 01:14:47,333 and-- I'm sorry. 1764 01:14:48,166 --> 01:14:51,208 And he cannot remember anything. 1765 01:14:52,709 --> 01:14:54,792 And he's... 1766 01:14:54,875 --> 01:14:58,291 you know, so right now, SEED is a big, big help 1767 01:14:58,375 --> 01:15:01,458 for me, for my-- for my everything. 1768 01:15:06,458 --> 01:15:09,667 Tubbs: I think I really enjoy having Stockton be centered 1769 01:15:09,750 --> 01:15:11,291 and ground zero for a discussion 1770 01:15:11,375 --> 01:15:13,458 that's not rooted in bankruptcy or foreclosures, 1771 01:15:13,542 --> 01:15:15,500 but it's rooted in like what could 1772 01:15:15,583 --> 01:15:17,750 a future social contract look like. 1773 01:15:19,208 --> 01:15:22,166 And then when that data's don, for the rest of history, 1774 01:15:22,250 --> 01:15:23,875 Stockton will be part of that conversation. 1775 01:15:23,959 --> 01:15:25,792 Whether you disagree or agree, 1776 01:15:25,875 --> 01:15:27,625 you're gonna have to cite the findings from Stockton, 1777 01:15:27,709 --> 01:15:29,000 the stories and people of Stockton. 1778 01:15:29,083 --> 01:15:31,291 Stockton's gonna help inform national thinking 1779 01:15:31,375 --> 01:15:33,750 about how do we create a fair economy. 1780 01:15:37,291 --> 01:15:39,333 Vivero: I'll be at San Joaquin Delta College, 1781 01:15:39,417 --> 01:15:41,291 majoring in photography. 1782 01:15:41,375 --> 01:15:43,291 I gotta do this for my family 1783 01:15:43,375 --> 01:15:44,875 because not only is it important to me, 1784 01:15:44,959 --> 01:15:46,125 but it's important to them. 1785 01:15:47,417 --> 01:15:49,750 Especially for my dad, who didn't finish high school, 1786 01:15:49,834 --> 01:15:51,458 and my mom as well. 1787 01:15:52,125 --> 01:15:55,166 (speaking Spanish) 1788 01:16:11,458 --> 01:16:12,417 Sí. 1789 01:16:25,458 --> 01:16:27,709 Almendarez: I'm going to MJC, which is in Modesto, 1790 01:16:27,792 --> 01:16:30,250 so I'm just gonna do two years there, and then, 1791 01:16:30,333 --> 01:16:32,417 after those two years, go to a university. 1792 01:16:37,333 --> 01:16:39,750 I think I'm gonna major in kinesiology 1793 01:16:39,834 --> 01:16:43,375 to be an athletic trainer or probably a PE teacher. 1794 01:16:45,875 --> 01:16:49,208 I think I will settle in Stockton 'cause I don't wanna leave my mom. 1795 01:17:09,333 --> 01:17:11,458 Hawkins: Isaiah was here, I wanna say, for about a year, 1796 01:17:11,542 --> 01:17:13,333 about a year and a half. 1797 01:17:13,417 --> 01:17:16,291 I had no problems. Zay'd go to school, went to practice, 1798 01:17:16,375 --> 01:17:19,542 and did what he was supposed to do, and everything was fine. 1799 01:17:21,542 --> 01:17:24,792 I mean all I know is it's pretty serious, 1800 01:17:24,875 --> 01:17:26,458 and I heard some things about them 1801 01:17:26,542 --> 01:17:29,125 trying to charge him as an adult. 1802 01:17:29,208 --> 01:17:31,125 Zay has been in some trouble, 1803 01:17:31,208 --> 01:17:34,125 but we gotta be honest about the situation. 1804 01:17:34,208 --> 01:17:36,125 As a young Black man, 1805 01:17:36,208 --> 01:17:39,125 I don't wanna say-- to use the word "war," but, dude, 1806 01:17:39,208 --> 01:17:40,959 it's tough out here for us. 1807 01:17:41,041 --> 01:17:43,750 And at the same time, I don't wanna feel sorry for us neither, 1808 01:17:43,834 --> 01:17:45,834 but that's why we gotta be 1809 01:17:45,917 --> 01:17:49,000 on top of our stuff twice as better. 1810 01:17:49,083 --> 01:17:51,500 And that's what I try to get Zay to understand is, 1811 01:17:51,583 --> 01:17:53,333 you got so many people that care about you. 1812 01:17:53,417 --> 01:17:54,792 It's not just me, you know. 1813 01:17:54,875 --> 01:17:57,166 It's a lot of people, from the principal 1814 01:17:57,250 --> 01:17:58,667 at Edison High School, the counselors, 1815 01:17:58,750 --> 01:18:00,667 to the people in the community and all the stuff. 1816 01:18:00,750 --> 01:18:02,917 And I've always told Zay, "Dude... 1817 01:18:04,208 --> 01:18:05,667 this is bigger than just you." 1818 01:18:09,959 --> 01:18:13,041 (cheering and applause) 1819 01:18:17,250 --> 01:18:19,458 Tubbs: I was first introduced to some of you guys 1820 01:18:19,542 --> 01:18:22,166 in eighth grade at Marshall Elementary School. 1821 01:18:22,250 --> 01:18:24,750 This year, I met some of you on Twitter. 1822 01:18:25,417 --> 01:18:28,166 And I am so incredibly proud. 1823 01:18:28,250 --> 01:18:30,792 I'm proud because I know for many of you, 1824 01:18:30,875 --> 01:18:33,625 you're the first one in your family to graduate high schoo, 1825 01:18:33,709 --> 01:18:35,333 much less college. 1826 01:18:35,417 --> 01:18:37,500 I'm incredibly proud because for many of you, 1827 01:18:37,583 --> 01:18:39,875 you've overcome poverty and obstacles 1828 01:18:39,959 --> 01:18:41,583 to get to where you are today. 1829 01:18:41,667 --> 01:18:45,166 (cheering) 1830 01:18:45,250 --> 01:18:48,709 I'll leave you with my favorite quote, and it's this. 1831 01:18:48,792 --> 01:18:51,041 "They tried to bury us, 1832 01:18:51,125 --> 01:18:53,542 but they didn't know we were seeds." 1833 01:18:53,625 --> 01:18:55,000 When I think of that quote, 1834 01:18:55,083 --> 01:18:57,250 I think of students like Emily and Joy, 1835 01:18:57,333 --> 01:18:59,875 who, in high school, made the tough decision 1836 01:18:59,959 --> 01:19:01,667 to have a child like my mothe, 1837 01:19:01,750 --> 01:19:03,208 and today, are walking this stage 1838 01:19:03,291 --> 01:19:05,834 as proud parents and proud graduates 1839 01:19:05,917 --> 01:19:08,083 on their way to higher education. 1840 01:19:08,166 --> 01:19:10,500 Emily and Joy, they tried to bury you, 1841 01:19:10,583 --> 01:19:13,333 but they didn't know that you were seeds. 1842 01:19:13,417 --> 01:19:16,208 And for every single graduate in this class, 1843 01:19:16,875 --> 01:19:19,291 growing up in South Stockton, know this. 1844 01:19:19,375 --> 01:19:21,583 They tried to bury you, 1845 01:19:21,667 --> 01:19:23,458 but they didn't know you were seeds. 1846 01:19:23,542 --> 01:19:24,709 Act like you know that. 1847 01:19:24,792 --> 01:19:27,250 Everywhere you walk belongs to you. 1848 01:19:27,333 --> 01:19:30,417 It's your house. We need you, and I expect to see 1849 01:19:30,500 --> 01:19:32,625 great things from you all, and congratulations. 1850 01:19:33,291 --> 01:19:35,750 (applause) 1851 01:19:35,834 --> 01:19:38,041 -Principal: Joy Almendarez. -(cheering) 1852 01:19:42,041 --> 01:19:45,125 Almendarez: The mayor's mom, you know, she had him at a young age, 1853 01:19:45,208 --> 01:19:47,041 and she walked the stage with him, 1854 01:19:47,125 --> 01:19:49,083 and he's like doing big things. 1855 01:19:49,166 --> 01:19:50,917 So, what I want for my son 1856 01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:53,750 is for him to get an education 1857 01:19:53,834 --> 01:19:56,834 because he's gonna be a young Black child growing up in Stockton. 1858 01:19:57,542 --> 01:19:59,458 Principal: Rogelio Vivero. 1859 01:19:59,542 --> 01:20:02,083 (cheering) 1860 01:20:04,208 --> 01:20:06,709 -Rihanna Vontealtine. -(cheering) 1861 01:20:08,875 --> 01:20:10,875 Clinton James Washington. 1862 01:20:12,041 --> 01:20:14,333 -(cheering continues) -Desiree... 1863 01:20:14,417 --> 01:20:17,000 Vivero: My parents had a lot of euphoria. 1864 01:20:17,875 --> 01:20:19,417 They were just glad. 1865 01:20:21,166 --> 01:20:23,417 They just wanted to see me walk that stage 1866 01:20:23,500 --> 01:20:25,625 'cause walking that stage is a big accomplishment, 1867 01:20:25,709 --> 01:20:29,250 and especially with all these killings, you know, the homicides. 1868 01:20:30,750 --> 01:20:32,583 You know, I lost some people, too. 1869 01:20:32,667 --> 01:20:36,000 And just to be able to walk that stage along with my friends 1870 01:20:36,083 --> 01:20:38,458 who I've known that lost people, too. 1871 01:20:38,542 --> 01:20:41,041 You know, it was just a great feeling. 1872 01:20:42,291 --> 01:20:44,625 (crowd chatter) 1873 01:20:50,083 --> 01:20:52,000 Dellafosse: Isaiah's name was in the program. 1874 01:20:52,083 --> 01:20:54,333 -(inaudible) - To know that 1875 01:20:54,417 --> 01:20:57,041 he wasn't physically there was a little overwhelming, 1876 01:20:57,125 --> 01:20:59,917 but I was cheering him on in spirit. He was in my heart. 1877 01:21:01,291 --> 01:21:03,917 (quiet chatter) 1878 01:21:06,458 --> 01:21:08,000 Tubbs Sr.: I dedicate this 1879 01:21:08,083 --> 01:21:09,542 to all the women who helped shape my life. 1880 01:21:09,625 --> 01:21:11,208 Without you, I would be lost. 1881 01:21:11,291 --> 01:21:14,166 My two boys, Michael Derrick Tubbs and Anthony Tubbs, 1882 01:21:14,250 --> 01:21:16,333 this is something for you so you will know 1883 01:21:16,417 --> 01:21:18,417 who your dad really is as a person. 1884 01:21:19,709 --> 01:21:21,667 The book I'm writing is called "Truth Be Told." 1885 01:21:21,750 --> 01:21:24,166 It's really a memoir to my sons. 1886 01:21:24,250 --> 01:21:26,333 It's my truth, and I gotta tell my son, 1887 01:21:26,417 --> 01:21:28,542 gotta let him know who I am. 1888 01:21:28,625 --> 01:21:30,667 When Audri came into my life, she was the one 1889 01:21:30,750 --> 01:21:33,542 who made me really see myself for who I really was 1890 01:21:33,625 --> 01:21:35,542 and not what I thought I was. 1891 01:21:35,625 --> 01:21:37,834 So then when Mike first got married, my wife said, 1892 01:21:37,917 --> 01:21:39,875 "You're gonna be a granddaddy soon." I was like, nah. I said, 1893 01:21:39,959 --> 01:21:42,375 "He got a plan right now. He's sticking to his plan." 1894 01:21:42,458 --> 01:21:44,583 She's like, "You gonna be a granddaddy soon." 1895 01:21:44,667 --> 01:21:47,125 So, it's happening. I'm proud. I'm glad. 1896 01:21:52,625 --> 01:21:54,709 That's what I'm looking most forward to, 1897 01:21:54,792 --> 01:21:57,000 meeting my grandchild. 1898 01:21:57,083 --> 01:21:59,041 I'm hoping I'll be able to go visit them. 1899 01:21:59,125 --> 01:22:00,208 (indistinct chatter) 1900 01:22:00,291 --> 01:22:02,291 Tubbs: I would rather the conversation happen 1901 01:22:02,375 --> 01:22:03,959 not in a prison, frankly. 1902 01:22:04,041 --> 01:22:06,417 But as I think about starting my own family, 1903 01:22:06,500 --> 01:22:09,208 having some sort of, like, 1904 01:22:09,291 --> 01:22:12,458 restart of a relationship, now that I'm a, I'm a man, 1905 01:22:12,542 --> 01:22:14,166 would probably be helpful. 1906 01:22:15,291 --> 01:22:17,875 I'm sure my child will realize that his grandfather 1907 01:22:17,959 --> 01:22:19,750 is in jail, but my hope for him 1908 01:22:19,834 --> 01:22:21,959 is that he's able to meet the person 1909 01:22:22,041 --> 01:22:23,792 behind the caricature or the character, 1910 01:22:23,875 --> 01:22:26,458 and have a relationship that's different than the relationshp 1911 01:22:26,542 --> 01:22:29,625 I had where that's just his granddad. 1912 01:22:29,709 --> 01:22:31,625 Dixon: I'm just so proud of my son Michael 1913 01:22:31,709 --> 01:22:33,250 and I'm so proud of Anna 1914 01:22:33,333 --> 01:22:35,417 that she's carrying my grandchild. 1915 01:22:35,500 --> 01:22:36,875 I know for a fact that 1916 01:22:36,959 --> 01:22:39,458 -my grandchild gonna be smart. -(laughter) 1917 01:22:39,542 --> 01:22:41,917 I'm just happy. And, you know, 1918 01:22:42,000 --> 01:22:44,959 with you carrying my baby, it makes me more connected to you-- 1919 01:22:45,041 --> 01:22:47,625 -I mean my grand baby. (laughs) -(laughter) 1920 01:22:47,709 --> 01:22:50,750 (applause) 1921 01:22:55,917 --> 01:22:58,750 Tubbs: Being a father has been incredibly humanizing 1922 01:22:58,834 --> 01:23:02,000 in helping me understand both of my parents, actually. 1923 01:23:02,083 --> 01:23:04,792 Fosters a deep, deep, deep appreciation 1924 01:23:04,875 --> 01:23:07,166 for the work, particularly my mom being single, 1925 01:23:07,250 --> 01:23:09,375 and how hard it had to have been. 1926 01:23:09,875 --> 01:23:12,083 For my dad, just how difficult it must've been 1927 01:23:12,166 --> 01:23:13,834 to be like away from your son. 1928 01:23:13,917 --> 01:23:16,458 I don't like it when I'm on a business trip for three days, 1929 01:23:16,542 --> 01:23:18,291 much less 25, 26 years. 1930 01:23:18,375 --> 01:23:20,917 I'm sure that must've been terrible. 1931 01:23:32,959 --> 01:23:35,667 Evans: I've been stressed out so muc, 1932 01:23:35,750 --> 01:23:38,917 so much put on my shoulders that I just gotta deal with. 1933 01:23:43,625 --> 01:23:46,000 You know, a lot of kids, they got so much anger 1934 01:23:46,083 --> 01:23:49,375 built inside, especially when you lock down. 1935 01:23:49,458 --> 01:23:51,166 When you lock down, so much anger. 1936 01:23:53,291 --> 01:23:55,125 It's not nothing to bring me down. 1937 01:23:55,208 --> 01:23:57,166 It's just gonna make me work harder. 1938 01:23:57,250 --> 01:24:00,792 Like, I really wanna be a big help in my city, 1939 01:24:00,875 --> 01:24:03,917 and I'm saying this is, this is, this is a real story for me. 1940 01:24:05,875 --> 01:24:09,208 Dellafosse: For Isaiah, what we're hoping is that he goes to counseling. 1941 01:24:09,291 --> 01:24:11,041 He's still eligible for Stockton Scholars, 1942 01:24:11,125 --> 01:24:14,375 which means he can still obtain the $500. 1943 01:24:14,458 --> 01:24:16,041 He's eligible for Delta classes, 1944 01:24:16,125 --> 01:24:18,500 and we're enrolling him as we speak. 1945 01:24:19,417 --> 01:24:21,375 Evans: I love Jasmine on a whole 'nother level. 1946 01:24:21,458 --> 01:24:24,750 A lot of people, they done turned their back on me, 1947 01:24:24,834 --> 01:24:27,208 but Jasmine, no matter what, she was here for me 1948 01:24:27,291 --> 01:24:29,458 every step of the way. 1949 01:24:30,291 --> 01:24:32,583 Dellafosse: When Iyanla came to Stockton, 1950 01:24:32,667 --> 01:24:35,208 someone asked a question about how do you know when the work is done, 1951 01:24:35,291 --> 01:24:37,250 and she said, "When you die." 1952 01:24:37,333 --> 01:24:39,542 Regardless of who's gonna be here 1953 01:24:39,625 --> 01:24:41,417 in two years or four years, 1954 01:24:41,500 --> 01:24:43,041 that this work will still continue 1955 01:24:43,125 --> 01:24:45,375 because we're putting things in place 1956 01:24:45,458 --> 01:24:47,458 for folks to continue this work. 1957 01:24:50,041 --> 01:24:52,417 Nunez: Can we just hear it for Common real quick? 1958 01:24:52,500 --> 01:24:54,583 Show some Stockton love to Common? 1959 01:24:54,667 --> 01:24:57,000 (applause) 1960 01:24:58,041 --> 01:25:00,250 Common: This is inspiring for me to be here. 1961 01:25:00,333 --> 01:25:03,500 Like I really wanna say salutations to Stockton. 1962 01:25:03,792 --> 01:25:06,417 'Cause this is a good example of what 1963 01:25:06,500 --> 01:25:09,917 a city, um, maybe, hopefully, a state 1964 01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:11,375 and a nation, can be. 1965 01:25:11,458 --> 01:25:13,667 I come to communities and try to listen. 1966 01:25:14,166 --> 01:25:15,959 There is this school-to-prison pipeline 1967 01:25:16,041 --> 01:25:18,250 that exists in Stockton, and there have been 1968 01:25:18,333 --> 01:25:20,583 many people at the table who've been working to really 1969 01:25:20,667 --> 01:25:22,875 fight to dismantle that work, 1970 01:25:22,959 --> 01:25:25,125 and we're looking to shut down youth prisons across the state. 1971 01:25:25,208 --> 01:25:27,375 Aguilar: You know, I've always wanted to love this city, 1972 01:25:27,458 --> 01:25:29,417 Stockton. I love the city. 1973 01:25:29,500 --> 01:25:31,834 -And-and the city didn't love me back. -Common: Mm. 1974 01:25:31,917 --> 01:25:35,250 You know, as a kid, at 8 years old, I was already inside 1975 01:25:35,333 --> 01:25:37,792 foster care and the juvenile hall system. 1976 01:25:37,875 --> 01:25:39,625 By the time I was 15, I was already being tried 1977 01:25:39,709 --> 01:25:41,625 as an adult and sent to prison. 1978 01:25:41,709 --> 01:25:44,583 I ended up spending 26 years in the penitentiary. 1979 01:25:44,667 --> 01:25:48,208 And so, the system raised me when I wanted my city to love me. 1980 01:25:49,208 --> 01:25:52,125 Common: It wasn't on our minds to know to go to Stockton. 1981 01:25:52,208 --> 01:25:54,417 I'm just being real with you. It wasn't on our minds 1982 01:25:54,500 --> 01:25:56,000 until they pulled our coattails and said, 1983 01:25:56,083 --> 01:25:58,125 yo, we gotta hit these places, 1984 01:25:58,208 --> 01:25:59,792 and there's stuff going on here. 1985 01:25:59,875 --> 01:26:01,291 This place is being overlooked, 1986 01:26:01,375 --> 01:26:03,417 but it's issues, and it just 1987 01:26:03,500 --> 01:26:05,458 makes me know that like the leadership 1988 01:26:05,542 --> 01:26:07,458 can come from anywhere. 1989 01:26:07,542 --> 01:26:09,500 Y'all are really showing 1990 01:26:09,583 --> 01:26:12,166 a transformation on a holistic level. 1991 01:26:12,250 --> 01:26:14,667 -Photographer: Two, three, say Stockton. -All: Stockton! 1992 01:26:14,750 --> 01:26:17,000 ("The People" by Common playing) 1993 01:26:17,083 --> 01:26:20,709 Tubbs: The phrase "upset the set-up" I stole from a friend. 1994 01:26:21,750 --> 01:26:24,667 I remember texting her like, "Yo, I'ma steal that for a speech." 1995 01:26:24,750 --> 01:26:27,166 It's an interesting play on the words. 1996 01:26:27,250 --> 01:26:29,709 It acknowledges that there is a set-up, there is a system, 1997 01:26:29,792 --> 01:26:31,500 there is a way things are designed. 1998 01:26:31,583 --> 01:26:33,458 But it's not fatalistic. It's not saying, 1999 01:26:33,542 --> 01:26:35,500 "Because of that, you can't do anything," 2000 01:26:35,583 --> 01:26:37,625 or, "Because of that, we're stuck." 2001 01:26:37,709 --> 01:26:39,291 As Jasmine said, the work we'll be doing 2002 01:26:39,375 --> 01:26:41,166 for the rest of our lives, really, 2003 01:26:41,250 --> 01:26:42,500 is how do we upset the set-up? 2004 01:26:42,583 --> 01:26:44,208 We'll continue to push for a world 2005 01:26:44,291 --> 01:26:46,250 that gives everyone a chance. 2006 01:26:46,625 --> 01:26:49,709 -(crowd cheering, applause) -(indistinct) 2007 01:26:51,083 --> 01:26:53,333 ...for everybody. For trans people, 2008 01:26:53,417 --> 01:26:55,750 for gay people, for straight people, 2009 01:26:55,834 --> 01:26:59,250 for Muslim people, for Sikh people, for Indian people, 2010 01:26:59,333 --> 01:27:01,875 for Black people, for white people, for Latinos, for Asians, 2011 01:27:01,959 --> 01:27:05,208 for every single person in this city. 2012 01:27:05,291 --> 01:27:07,375 We don't believe, but we demand justice, 2013 01:27:07,458 --> 01:27:09,709 and for that, tonight, we party. 2014 01:27:09,792 --> 01:27:11,250 (crowd cheering) 2015 01:27:11,333 --> 01:27:14,208 ♪ This is street radio for unsung heroes ♪ 2016 01:27:14,291 --> 01:27:16,667 ♪ Riding in the regal, trying to stay legal ♪ 2017 01:27:16,750 --> 01:27:19,208 ♪ My daughter found Nemo, I found the new primo ♪ 2018 01:27:19,291 --> 01:27:21,709 ♪ Yeah, you know how we do, we do it for the people ♪ 2019 01:27:21,792 --> 01:27:23,917 ♪ And the struggle of the brothers and the folks ♪ 2020 01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:26,917 ♪ With lovers under dope, experiment to discover hopes ♪ 2021 01:27:27,000 --> 01:27:28,542 ♪ Scuffle for notes, the rougher I wrote ♪ 2022 01:27:28,625 --> 01:27:29,834 ♪ Times was harder ♪ 2023 01:27:29,917 --> 01:27:32,250 ♪ Went from rocky starter to the voice of a martyr ♪ 2024 01:27:32,333 --> 01:27:34,875 ♪ Why white folks focus on dogs and yoga ♪ 2025 01:27:34,959 --> 01:27:37,542 ♪ While people on the low end trying to ball and get over ♪ 2026 01:27:37,625 --> 01:27:39,750 ♪ Lyrics are like liquor for the fallen soldier ♪ 2027 01:27:39,834 --> 01:27:41,417 ♪ From the bounce to the ounce ♪ 2028 01:27:41,500 --> 01:27:43,917 ♪ It's all our culture, every day we hustlin' ♪ 2029 01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:45,291 ♪ Trying to get them custom rims ♪ 2030 01:27:45,375 --> 01:27:47,875 ♪ Law we ain't trusting them, thick broads we lust in them ♪ 2031 01:27:47,959 --> 01:27:49,250 ♪ Sick and tired of punching it ♪ 2032 01:27:49,333 --> 01:27:50,625 ♪ I look on the bus at them ♪ 2033 01:27:50,709 --> 01:27:52,792 ♪ When I see them struggling, I think how I'm touching them♪ 2034 01:27:52,875 --> 01:27:55,375 ♪ The days ♪ 2035 01:27:55,458 --> 01:27:57,917 ♪ Have come ♪ 2036 01:27:58,000 --> 01:28:00,583 ♪ Now we ♪ 2037 01:28:00,667 --> 01:28:03,208 ♪ Are one ♪ 2038 01:28:03,291 --> 01:28:05,750 ♪ Just take ♪ 2039 01:28:05,834 --> 01:28:08,291 ♪ Your time ♪ 2040 01:28:08,375 --> 01:28:10,875 ♪ And then ♪ 2041 01:28:10,959 --> 01:28:13,458 ♪ You'll find ♪ 2042 01:28:13,542 --> 01:28:16,291 ♪ This is street radio for unsung heroes ♪ 2043 01:28:16,375 --> 01:28:18,792 ♪ Riding in the regal, trying to stay legal ♪ 2044 01:28:18,875 --> 01:28:21,458 ♪ My daughter found Nemo, I found a new primo ♪ 2045 01:28:21,542 --> 01:28:24,083 ♪ Yeah, you know how we do, we do it for the people ♪ 2046 01:28:24,166 --> 01:28:27,417 ♪ The people said that I was sharp on TV at the Grammys ♪ 2047 01:28:27,500 --> 01:28:29,458 ♪ Though they tried to India.Arie me ♪ 2048 01:28:29,542 --> 01:28:31,834 ♪ Got backstage and I bumped into Stevie ♪ 2049 01:28:31,917 --> 01:28:34,583 ♪ He said no matter what, the people gon' see me ♪ 2050 01:28:34,667 --> 01:28:37,125 ♪ Can't leave rap alone, the streets need me ♪ 2051 01:28:37,208 --> 01:28:39,792 ♪ Hunger in they eyes is what seem to feed me ♪ 2052 01:28:39,875 --> 01:28:42,458 ♪ Inside peace mixed with beast seemed to breed me ♪ 2053 01:28:42,542 --> 01:28:44,792 ♪ Nobody believe until I believe me ♪ 2054 01:28:44,875 --> 01:28:47,458 ♪ Now I'm on the rise, doing business with my guys ♪ 2055 01:28:47,542 --> 01:28:49,959 ♪ Visions realize, music affected lives ♪ 2056 01:28:50,041 --> 01:28:52,500 ♪ A gift from the skies to be recognized ♪ 2057 01:28:52,583 --> 01:28:55,166 ♪ I'm keeping my eyes on the people, that's the prize ♪ 2058 01:28:55,250 --> 01:28:57,458 ♪ The days ♪ 2059 01:28:57,542 --> 01:29:00,166 ♪ Have come ♪ 2060 01:29:00,250 --> 01:29:02,792 ♪ Now we ♪ 2061 01:29:02,875 --> 01:29:05,333 ♪ Are one ♪ 2062 01:29:05,417 --> 01:29:09,083 ♪ Just take your time... ♪