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California Lawmakers Pass Bills To Atone For Racism But Stop Short Of Funding Plans
3 months, 3 weeks ago

California Lawmakers Pass Bills To Atone For Racism But Stop Short Of Funding Plans

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers this week passed some of the nation’s most ambitious legislation aimed at atoning for a legacy of racist policies that drove disparities for Black people, from housing to education to health. California Legislative Black Caucus Chair Assemblymember Lori Wilson said Saturday that the Black Caucus pulled the bills, adding the proposals need …

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California lawmakers pass landmark bills to atone for racism, but hold off on fund to take action
3 months, 3 weeks ago

California lawmakers pass landmark bills to atone for racism, but hold off on fund to take action

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers this week passed some of the nation’s most ambitious legislation aimed at atoning for a legacy of racist policies that drove disparities for Black people, from housing to education to health. California Legislative Black Caucus Chair Assemblymember Lori Wilson said Saturday that the Black Caucus pulled the bills, adding the proposals need more work. Democratic …

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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 …

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Black farmer looks to ancestors to help Californians battle climate change
1 year, 1 month ago

Black farmer looks to ancestors to help Californians battle climate change

LA Times  

EARTHseed Farm is unlike its counterparts among Sonoma County’s rolling vineyards and redwood forests. “People look to Black culture for what’s the newest music, hair style or fashion trend,” says Thomas, 51. “My parents kind of espoused that because that’s also Black people ethics,” Thomas says. Her eyes say, ‘Do better tomorrow.’ You can’t go anywhere without looking at Octavia …

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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 …

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Stolen lands, justice deferred: An Indigenous Californian dreams of a united front on reparations
1 year, 5 months ago

Stolen lands, justice deferred: An Indigenous Californian dreams of a united front on reparations

LA Times  

Angela Mooney D’Arcy, founder of the Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, poses during an event at Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park in Los Angeles. “People ask why I do anti-racism work — why I want to combat anti-Blackness — and I always say that it is a cultural mandate,” says D’Arcy, the founder of the nonprofit Sacred Places Institute for …

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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 …

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‘Profoundly disappointing’: Health inequities continue to hit Black Californians hardest
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Profoundly disappointing’: Health inequities continue to hit Black Californians hardest

LA Times  

More than half of Black Californians said there was a time in the last few years when they thought they would have received better healthcare if they had belonged to a different racial or ethnic group, according to a report released Thursday. it’s deeply and profoundly disappointing.” The survey also found racial differences in how people interacted with health providers. …

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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 …

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Column: A returned Bruce’s Beach? Police reform? It was a good day for Black Californians
3 years, 2 months ago

Column: A returned Bruce’s Beach? Police reform? It was a good day for Black Californians

LA Times  

Black people don’t get many good days in this country. Of the eight bills Newsom signed Thursday morning, one raises the minimum age for police officers from 18 to 21, another sets new rules for using rubber bullets and tear gas for crowd control, and yet another requires officers to intervene when they see a fellow officer using excessive force. …

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Young Latino and Black people have the lowest rate of COVID-19 vaccination in L.A. County, new data show
3 years, 7 months ago

Young Latino and Black people have the lowest rate of COVID-19 vaccination in L.A. County, new data show

LA Times  

Young Latino and Black people have the lowest rate of COVID-19 vaccination among any other age, racial and ethnic group in Los Angeles County — and officials say they need to do more to make the shots easy and convenient for more people. Only 18% of Black men and 20% of Black women between the ages of 16 and 29 …

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