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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a handful of bills on Thursday that stemmed from a yearslong effort to issue race-based reparations for the state’s Black residents and their descendants.
California plans to spend up to $12 million on reparations legislation under a budget signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, marking a milestone in the state's efforts to atone for a legacy of ...
Lisa Holder Credit - Jennifer Rocholl. I n 2021, a Black homeowner in Marin County shared a chilling story with the California reparations task force. He and his wife had renovated their home ...
The California Reparations Task Force was created in 2020 to study and develop policies — including cash reparations — for Black Californians, particularly those whose ancestors were stripped ...
The California Senate advanced a set of ambitious reparations proposals Tuesday, including legislation that would create an agency to help Black families research their family lineage and confirm ...
It was the country's first statewide reparations task committee [1] and was created to study methods to resolve systemic racism against African Americans resulting from slavery's enduring legacy. [2] The task force was designed to recommend ways to educate the California public of the task force's findings and to propose remedies.
Reparations is a debt owed to the descendants of slavery,” said the bills’ author, state Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, vice chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus.
After a blockbuster 1,000 page report, California's reparations advocates will have to convert recommendations from its statewide task force into policies — and convincing voters to pay for it.