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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 ...
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 ...
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.
The group recommended the state pay black residents $3,366 in reparations for each year they lived in California from the early 1930s to the late 1970s, when the issue was most pervasive.
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.
Despite California’s Black population making up just 7% of the state’s total population, today, 26% of the state’s unhoused population is Black, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The bills are part of the historic 2024 Reparations Priority Bill Package introduced in February by the California Legislative Black Caucus. “This is a debt that is owed to the people who helped ...