California to unveil groundbreaking slave reparations report
2 years, 6 months ago

California to unveil groundbreaking slave reparations report

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans will release a report Wednesday documenting in detail the harms perpetuated by the state and recommending steps to address those wrongs, including expanded voter registration, making it easier to hold violent police accountable and improving Black neighborhoods. The report, which runs 500 pages, will be the first government-commissioned study on harms against the African American community since the 1968 Kerner Commission report ordered by then-President Lyndon Johnson, task force Chair Kamilah Moore said. “I hope that this report is used not only as an educational tool, but an organizing tool for people not only in California but across the U.S. to educate their communities,” she said, adding that the report also highlights “contributions of the African American community and how they made the United States what it is despite ongoing oppression and degradation.” Gov. Despite it being a “free” state, an estimated 1,500 enslaved African Americans lived in California in 1852, according to the draft report.

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California to apologize for state's legacy of racism against Black Americans under new law
2 months, 4 weeks ago

California to apologize for state's legacy of racism against Black Americans under new law

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California city joins growing list of hubs to seek massive slavery reparations payouts for black residents despite hole in budget
3 months, 3 weeks ago

California city joins growing list of hubs to seek massive slavery reparations payouts for black residents despite hole in budget

Daily Mail  

Los Angeles has joined a growing list of US cities to push for eye-popping slavery reparations payouts to black residents, even without plans for where the money will come from. Levelling up the city's 332,000 black residents could therefore cost many trillions of dollars, which is far beyond even the plans of the most radical advocates of racial justice. Black …

Reparations proposals for Black Californians advance to state Assembly
7 months ago

Reparations proposals for Black Californians advance to state Assembly

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 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 their eligibility for any future restitution passed by the state. State Sen. Steven Bradford, a Los Angeles-area Democrat, said California “bears great responsibility” to atone for injustices against Black …

California lawmakers say reparations bills, which exclude widespread payments, are a starting point
10 months ago

California lawmakers say reparations bills, which exclude widespread payments, are a starting point

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Black lawmakers in California on Wednesday introduced a package of reparations legislation, calling it a starting point to atone for the state’s legacy of discrimination. The California Legislative Black Caucus introduced the package of more than a dozen proposals months after a first-in-the nation reparations task force sent a report, two years in the making, to lawmakers …

In California, Black lawmakers share a reparations plan with few direct payments
10 months, 3 weeks ago

In California, Black lawmakers share a reparations plan with few direct payments

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s Legislative Black Caucus released a slate of reparations bills to implement ideas from the state’s landmark task force on the issue. State Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, said at a news conference Thursday that the Black caucus’ priority list does not preclude individual lawmakers from introducing additional reparations legislation. “This is a defining moment not only in …

Editorial: Why skeptical Californians should rethink cash reparations for slavery
1 year, 3 months ago

Editorial: Why skeptical Californians should rethink cash reparations for slavery

LA Times  

Los Angeles resident Walter Foster, 80, holds up a sign as the Reparations Task Force meets to hear public input on reparations at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2022. California’s lawmakers must make them happen The reparations task force has been working for two years on a plan to readdress the generational effects of racism …

California reparations report urges action on housing discrimination and overpolicing
1 year, 5 months ago

California reparations report urges action on housing discrimination and overpolicing

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It was a report two years in the making — one that details how California, a state that never officially sanctioned slavery, can confront decades of policies that have kept Black residents from living in the neighborhoods they choose, being treated fairly at doctor’s visits and building generational wealth. Here’s what the task force examined: HOUSING DISCRIMINATION …

Editorial: Reparations for slavery are overdue. California’s lawmakers must make them happen
1 year, 5 months ago

Editorial: Reparations for slavery are overdue. California’s lawmakers must make them happen

LA Times  

Dr. Amos C. Brown Jr., vice chair of the California Reparations Task Force, right, holds a copy of the book “Songs of Slavery and Emancipation” in Sacramento on June 16, 2022. An order signed by Gen. William Sherman, with President Lincoln’s approval two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, gave Black people what their community leaders said they most wanted: land. …

California’s historic work on possible Black reparations moves to the Legislature
1 year, 5 months ago

California’s historic work on possible Black reparations moves to the Legislature

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Members of California’s Black reparations task force handed off their historic two-year report to state lawmakers Thursday, beginning the next chapter in the long struggle to compensate the descendants of slavery. Amos C. Brown, a longtime civil rights activist and vice-chair of the task force, said California’s projected $31.5 billion budget deficit should not stop the state …

California’s slavery reparations plan: Eligibility, payments and other details
1 year, 5 months ago

California’s slavery reparations plan: Eligibility, payments and other details

LA Times  

Kamilah Moore, chair of the California Reparations Task Force, and vice chair Dr. Amos C. Brown listen to public input on slavery reparations at the California Science Center in Los Angeles in September. California’s Reparations Task Force on Thursday released its final report, marking a milestone in the state’s historic effort to consider remedies for slavery. Here is quick breakdown …

Question of reparations raises skepticism and hope among Black L.A. residents
1 year, 6 months ago

Question of reparations raises skepticism and hope among Black L.A. residents

LA Times  

Sisters Melissa and Lauren Beckford, from left, with their parents Marlene and Delroy at their family restaurant, Ackee Bamboo Jamaican Cuisine, in Leimert Park. After almost two years of meetings, California’s Reparations Task Force decided last month to recommend that the state issue a formal apology for the pervasive harms of slavery and discrimination and potentially provide billions of dollars …

Column: Newsom and California lawmakers need to say where they stand on reparations for slavery
1 year, 7 months ago

Column: Newsom and California lawmakers need to say where they stand on reparations for slavery

LA Times  

State Sen. Steven Bradford, right, and Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer are members of the California reparations task force Gov. That’s the deadline for the California Reparations Task Force — created by Newsom and legislators — to finish its two years of often-acrimonious work. When asked whether I could quote him, he responded: “Oh, sure, and then I’ll be called a big …

California lawmakers on reparations panel challenge assumptions about payments to Black residents
1 year, 7 months ago

California lawmakers on reparations panel challenge assumptions about payments to Black residents

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California lawmakers hail the work of a historic panel that has delved into reparations proposals for African Americans for nearly two years, a state senator on the task force is warning Black residents to not assume that large cash payments are on the way. “That’s just not happening.” The task force on Saturday approved proposals in …

California governor responds to recommended reparations payments for Black residents
1 year, 7 months ago

California governor responds to recommended reparations payments for Black residents

CNN  

CNN — California’s governor responded Wednesday to the reparations payments for some Black state residents that were recommended by a task force looking at how to mitigate injustices and discrimination stemming from slavery. “Many of the recommendations put forward by the Task Force are critical action items we’ve already been hard at work addressing: breaking down barriers to vote, bolstering …

Reparations task force votes to approve recommendations for the payments of reparations to Black Californians
1 year, 7 months ago

Reparations task force votes to approve recommendations for the payments of reparations to Black Californians

CNN  

CNN — A panel in California created to consider reparations for Black residents voted over the weekend to approve recommendations for the payments of reparations to Black Californians for injustices and discrimination stemming from slavery. Saturday’s meeting in Oakland was the 15th public meeting of the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, according to Kamilah …

Is California giving reparations for slavery? Here’s what you need to know
1 year, 7 months ago

Is California giving reparations for slavery? Here’s what you need to know

LA Times  

Amos C. Brown Jr., vice chair of the California Reparations Task Force, right, holds a copy of “Songs of Slavery and Emancipation” during a group photo at the Capitol in Sacramento in June. California’s Reparations Task Force voted on Saturday to recommend that the state issue a formal apology for slavery and potentially provide billions of dollars in cash payments, …

California reparations amount, if any, left to politicians
1 year, 8 months ago

California reparations amount, if any, left to politicians

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — The leader of California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force on Wednesday said it won’t take a stance on how much the state should compensate Black residents whom economists estimate may be owed more than $800 billion for decades of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination. The $800 billion is more than 2.5 times California’s $300 billion annual budget …

California’s reparations task force will leave setting payment amounts to Legislature
1 year, 8 months ago

California’s reparations task force will leave setting payment amounts to Legislature

LA Times  

Morris Griffin of Los Angeles speaks during the public comment portion of a California reparations task force meeting in Sacramento on March 3. The leader of California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force on Wednesday said it won’t take a stance on how much the state should compensate Black residents, whom economists estimate may be owed more than $800 billion for decades …

A task force in California considers how to compensate the descendants of slaves
1 year, 8 months ago

A task force in California considers how to compensate the descendants of slaves

NPR  

A task force in California considers how to compensate the descendants of slaves California's Reparations Task Force has to answer a thorny question: how to calculate compensation for the descendants of slaves. LAKIESHA MILNER: I'm from Carson, Calif. FLORIDO: The task force's recommendations are nonbinding, and Milner says she is waiting to see whether the state legislature will actually adopt …

'Never had slavery': Lauren Boebert lashes out at San Francisco over reparations proposal
1 year, 9 months ago

'Never had slavery': Lauren Boebert lashes out at San Francisco over reparations proposal

Raw Story  

Responding to a draft reparations proposal in San Francisco that would give $5 million to each eligible Black person, Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert slammed the plan, claiming that California never had slavery. "The fact that supposedly serious people in San Francisco are considering a plan that would give $5,000,000 in reparations to every Black resident in their city in …

San Francisco reparations committee proposes a $5 million payment to each Black resident
1 year, 11 months ago

San Francisco reparations committee proposes a $5 million payment to each Black resident

CNN  

CNN — A committee in San Francisco has released an extensive proposal for reparations that includes a one-time payment of $5 million to each eligible Black resident. The San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee, created in 2020 under the city’s human rights commission, was tasked to develop a plan to address “the institutional, City sanctioned harm that has been …

California reparations task force dives into what is owed
2 years ago

California reparations task force dives into what is owed

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — After more than a year delving into history and studies to make its case for reparations to California descendants of enslaved Black people, a first-in-the-nation task force began deliberations Wednesday to quantify how financial compensation might be calculated and what might be required to prove eligibility. On Wednesday, the Boston City Council voted to form a task …

California reparations task force to talk eligibility
2 years ago

California reparations task force to talk eligibility

LA Times  

Amos Brown, vice chair of the California Reparations Task Force, holds a copy of the book “Songs of Slavery and Emancipation” while posing for photos with other members of the task force at the Capitol in Sacramento. The first-in-the-nation task force previously voted to limit reparations to Black California residents whose ancestors were living in the United States in the …

Newsom's reparations board wants EVERY African American in US to get at least $223k
2 years ago

Newsom's reparations board wants EVERY African American in US to get at least $223k

Daily Mail  

A taskforce set up by California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging the federal government to pay every African American in the US at least $223k for 'housing discrimination' - while continuing to probe other areas for compensation. Gavin Newsom is urging the federal government to pay every African American in the US at least $223k for 'housing discrimination' - while …

California reparations task force starts to dig in on specifics
2 years, 3 months ago

California reparations task force starts to dig in on specifics

LA Times  

Kamilah Moore, chair of the California Reparations Task Force, speaks Friday at a Los Angeles meeting seeking public input on the work of compensating Black residents whose families suffered from slavery. These and many other questions were the subject of a two-day hearing by California’s Reparations Task Force, a first-in-the-nation panel established in 2020 to develop proposals for potential reparations …

Reparations could be ‘difference’ for unhoused Black Californians
2 years, 6 months ago

Reparations could be ‘difference’ for unhoused Black Californians

Al Jazeera  

California task force recommends reparations for descendants of enslaved people, some of whom are living on the streets. California’s task force on reparations – the first of its kind in the country – voted in March to grant reparations to the descendants of African Americans who were enslaved. In a 500-page report released this month, the task force called for …

Slave reparations advocates hail historic California report
2 years, 6 months ago

Slave reparations advocates hail historic California report

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — The slavery reparations movement hit a watershed moment Wednesday with the release of an exhaustive report detailing California’s role in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans, a major step toward educating the public and setting the stage for an official government apology and case for financial restitution. The state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta, whose office is assisting the …

California Details Racist Past In Slave Reparations Report
2 years, 6 months ago

California Details Racist Past In Slave Reparations Report

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SAN FRANCISCO — The slavery reparations movement hit a watershed moment Wednesday with the release of an exhaustive report detailing California’s role in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans, a major step toward educating the public and setting the stage for an official government apology and case for financial restitution. “Four hundred years of discrimination has resulted in …

California to unveil groundbreaking slave reparations report
2 years, 6 months ago

California to unveil groundbreaking slave reparations report

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans will release a report Wednesday documenting in detail the harms perpetuated by the state and recommending steps to address those wrongs, including expanded voter registration, making it easier to hold violent police accountable and improving Black neighborhoods. The report, which runs 500 pages, will be the first government-commissioned …

California issued its first in-depth report detailing how the government has harmed Black Americans
2 years, 6 months ago

California issued its first in-depth report detailing how the government has harmed Black Americans

CNN  

CNN — A panel in California considering reparations for Black Americans released its first report Wednesday detailing the “innumerable” harms of slavery in the state that “have snowballed over generations.” In a 500-page interim report, the California Reparations Task Force detailed California’s involvement in slavery and how it continues to negatively impact Black Americans. “Thus, it is my hope that …

California unveils the US’s first slave reparations report
2 years, 6 months ago

California unveils the US’s first slave reparations report

Al Jazeera  

California’s task force on reparations for Black people in the United States – the first-ever in the nation – has released a report documenting in detail discrimination perpetrated by the state and recommending steps to address those wrongs. “Four hundred years of discrimination has resulted in an enormous and persistent wealth gap between Black and white Americans,” according to the …

California panel OKs reparations limit for slave descendants
2 years, 8 months ago

California panel OKs reparations limit for slave descendants

Associated Press  

California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations has decided to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century, narrowly rejecting a proposal to include all Black people regardless of lineage. Civil rights attorney and task force member Lisa Holder proposed directing economists working with the task force to …

Calif. group votes to limit reparations to slave descendants
2 years, 8 months ago

Calif. group votes to limit reparations to slave descendants

Associated Press  

California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations voted Tuesday to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century, narrowly rejecting a proposal to include all Black people regardless of lineage. Civil rights attorney and task force member Lisa Holder proposed directing economists working with the task force to …

California’s reparations effort moves ahead: Here’s what’s next
2 years, 8 months ago

California’s reparations effort moves ahead: Here’s what’s next

LA Times  

California’s Reparations Task Force voted Tuesday to define those who are eligible for reparations as descendants of African Americans enslaved in the U.S. or of free Black people living in the country before the end of the 19th century. The motion that narrowly passed defines “the community of eligibility based on lineage determined by an individual being an African American …

Column: They say California stole their ancestors’ land. But do they qualify for reparations?
2 years, 9 months ago

Column: They say California stole their ancestors’ land. But do they qualify for reparations?

LA Times  

Jonathan Burgess, left, and his twin brother Matthew say a swath of state-owned land in El Dorado County was settled by their formerly enslaved relatives and rightfully belongs to their family. Back in September, Jonathan was one of the first people to turn his story into official testimony before California’s Reparations Task Force, which is investigating and recommending remedies for …

California created the nation’s first state reparations task force. Now comes the hard part
3 years ago

California created the nation’s first state reparations task force. Now comes the hard part

LA Times  

An aerial view of the Manhattan Beach property known as Bruce’s Beach, once one of the most prominent Black-owned resorts by the sea in the early 20th century. “Now, undergirding all of that, is the reality that we also live in a society that has done a very poor job of informing the general public about what this country has …

California task force launches study of slave reparations
3 years, 6 months ago

California task force launches study of slave reparations

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A first-in-the-nation task force in California to study and recommend reparations for African Americans held its inaugural meeting Tuesday, launching a two-year process to address the harms of slavery and systemic racism despite the federal government’s inaction. “I’m so thankful to my ancestors, who survived so much trauma, so much pain, so much tragedy, so much brutality, …

California Task Force Launches Study Of Slave Reparations
3 years, 6 months ago

California Task Force Launches Study Of Slave Reparations

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SAN FRANCISCO — A first-in-the-country task force in California to study and recommend reparations for African Americans is conducting its inaugural meeting, launching a two-year process to address the harms of slavery and systemic racism. Tuesday’s meeting of the first state reparations committee in the U.S. came as President Joe Biden commemorated the lives of hundreds of …

California’s slavery reparations task force is convening. Here’s what happens next
3 years, 6 months ago

California’s slavery reparations task force is convening. Here’s what happens next

LA Times  

Former Assemblywoman Shirley Weber of San Diego, now California’s secretary of State, speaks during a news conference in Sacramento on June 2, 2020. A historic California task force met for the first time Tuesday with the ultimate goal of recommending reparations for descendants of enslaved people and those affected by slavery. “You’re here today not just to sit and answer …

San Francisco OKs task force to study Black reparations
3 years, 7 months ago

San Francisco OKs task force to study Black reparations

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials on Tuesday approved a task force that will study financial compensation, community programs and other ways to make reparations to the descendants of slaves, becoming the largest city to take such a step. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint the 15-member African American Reparations Advisory Committee, which includes Black people who have …

California to study reparations for Black Americans
4 years, 2 months ago

California to study reparations for Black Americans

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will develop a detailed plan for reparations under a new law signed on Wednesday by Gov. The law creates a nine-member task force to come up with proposals for how the state could provide reparations to Black Americans, what form those reparations might take and who would be eligible to receive them. The law does not …

California task force will consider paying reparations for slavery
4 years, 2 months ago

California task force will consider paying reparations for slavery

LA Times  

California Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, is the author of AB 3121, which would create a task force to recommend appropriate slavery reparations and determine who should be eligible to receive compensation. Gavin Newsom’s signature, California became the first state government in the country on Wednesday to adopt a law to study and develop proposals for …

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