California’s reparations committee is calling for state officials to end cash bail and the prosecution of low-level crimes after approving a reparations payment plan to make amends for slavery and anti-black racism earlier this week. The nine-member committee, which was created by state legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020, approved its final recommendations to the California Legislature,…
California Reparations Committee Calls for Ending Cash Bail
May 12, 2023
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Reparations Proposals Would Cost California $800 Billion: Economists
April 3, 2023
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Economists estimated this week that reparations under consideration for black Californians could cost $800 billion, findings they provided to the state’s Reparations Task Force during meetings in Sacramento March 29 and 30. After two days of discussion, the panel suggested the responsibility of determining individual payment amounts lies with state lawmakers. Established in May of…
San Francisco Board Receptive to Ambitious Reparations Plan
SAN FRANCISCO—Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years, and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family. These were some of the more than 100 recommendations made by a city-appointed reparations committee tasked with…
Good and Bad Ideas on Reparations in California
February 13, 2023
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Commentary Secretary of State Shirley Weber recently spoke at California State University–Sacramento on reparations for black Californians for slavery and other harms. While in the Assembly, she authored Assembly Bill 3121, which authorized the state reparations task force. She said it’s moving toward issuing a report in July: Since California is now moving toward being the…
Gavin Newsom’s Reparations Plan for Black California Residents Could See $223,000 Payments per Person
December 6, 2022
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed reparations plan for black residents in California may deliver handouts of $223,000 in cash per person for past housing discrimination, Fox News Digital reported. California currently faces a $25 billion budget deficit, despite reporting a nearly $100 billion surplus for the current fiscal year in May. Nearly 6.5 percent of California residents,…
Inside California’s Bizarre Task Force on Reparations
February 23, 2022
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Commentary California, despite being the wealthiest and highest taxed state in the nation, ranks at the bottom among states when it comes to the essential things people expect government to provide. It ranks at or near the bottom in crime, homelessness, schools, roads, and energy prices. This is because rather than focusing on such things,…
Man Asks California Reparations Task Force for ‘40 Acres and a Tesla’
October 1, 2021
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California’s Reparations Task Force recently heard ideas ranging from “40 acres and a Tesla” to cash settlements to compensate the descendants of chattel slavery in America. The Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans listened to hours of professional and personal testimony from witnesses and public comments at a two-day hearing…
Reparations Task Force Accuses California DOJ of Overreach After Removal of Agenda Items
September 29, 2021
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Several members of a state-mandated Reparations Task Force accused the California Department of Justice staff of overreach over the removal of agenda items and the refusal to facilitate public hearings on Saturdays. Assembly Bill 3121 requires the DOJ to provide administrative, technical, and legal assistance to the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for…
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