Harry Hopkins, a senior adviser to Roosevelt who went on to oversee many New Deal programs, proposed an "End Poverty in America" campaign that The New York Times wrote “differs from Sinclair's plan in detail, but not in principle.” In 2022, universal basic income advocate and former Mayor of Stockton Michael Tubbs created "End Poverty in California" (EPIC), a nonprofit antipoverty organization with the same name and acronym that was inspired by Sinclair's campaign. This movement is thought to have been extremely influential in California’s politics, as well as a standard for Democrats and Republicans. EPIC had a substantial role in the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, eventually helping provide for the unemployed. Other administrations, such as the Farm Security Administration, continued to carry on these acts favoring the EPIC movement. Other candidates supported John W. Baumgartner, Los Angeles City Council member, 1933–35 Parley Parker Christensen, Utah and California politician, Esperantist Delamere Francis McCloskey, Los Angeles City Council member, 1941–43 Augustus F. Hawkins, California assemblyman 1935-63, US Representative, 1963-91, first African American Congressman from California See also 1934 California gubernatorial election Ham and Eggs Movement Townsend Plan Sources Further reading Wagner, Rob Leicester. Hollywood Bohemia: The Roots of Progressive Politics in Rob Wagner's Script (Janaway, 2016) () Gregory, James N. "Upton Sinclair's 1934 EPIC Campaign: Anatomy of a Political Movement." Labor 12#4 (2015): 51-81. Mitchell, Greg. The campaign of the century: Upton Sinclair's race for governor of California and the birth of media politics (New York: Random House, 1992). Sinclair, Upton. The Literary Digest, October 13, 1934 End Poverty in California: The EPIC Movement Sinclair, Upton. Gregory et al., eds. "Upton Sinclair's End Poverty in California Campaign". washington.edu Mapping American Social Movements Through the 20th Century project (U of Washington). Star, Kevin (1997). Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California. Oxford UP. . References Social history of California Political history of California Labor history of California Poverty in the United States Socialist Party of America 1934 in California 1934 in American politics