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California's Youngest Mayor Rebrands 'America's Most Miserable City'

KQED News Staff

Jun 9, 2017 at

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Michael Tubbs was born to a teenage mom, and his dad is still incarcerated. But that didn't stop him from becoming the mayor of Stockton. In fact, he's the city's first African-American mayor and the youngest mayor of any big U.S. city today. He's 26, but he got his political start back when he was a teenager.

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