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- Newsom signed legislation in 2020 creating the reparations task force. An advisory committee in San Francisco has recommended $5 million payouts, as well as guaranteed income of at least $97,000 and personal debt forgiveness for qualifying individuals.
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On June 29, 2023, the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans issued its final report to the California Legislature. The final report surveys the ongoing and compounding harms experienced by African Americans as a result of slavery and its lingering effects on American society today, and proposes a ...
- Who Would Be Eligible For Reparations?
- How Would California Pay For Financial Reparations?
- What Programs Will Be Recommended to Address The Harms of Slavery?
- Who Could Be Left Out of Receiving Reparations?
Figuring out who would receive reparations would be a complicated process. First, they would have to be able to trace their lineage directly to a person who had been enslaved in the United States, or to African Americans who lived in the U.S. prior to 1900. This presumes “that such persons are descendants of enslaved ancestors or free persons who r...
There are ways that the state could generate funds, Grills said, including tax programs. There’s also the opportunity for the state to pay out in installments rather than in a lump sum. “And in doing that,” Grills said, the California government “can stretch out the hit to the state budget.” She added: “America is resourceful and California is a re...
The task force has recommended more than 100 programs or policies as redress for the harms of slavery. There are a dozen areas covered in the recommendations: 1. Racial terror 2. Political disenfranchisement 3. Housing segregation 4. Separate and unequal education 5. Racism in environment and infrastructure 6. Pathologizing the Black family 7. Cont...
Because of the complexity of establishing eligibility, there is potential for many to not receive reparations. Grills said, “our most vulnerable could be left out: children in the child welfare system who cannot trace family heritage; our folks who are incarcerated, who don’t have access to the tools to establish their lineage because they can’t ho...
- Curtis Bunn
- Reporter, NBC BLK
Jun 29, 2023 · A task force examining reparations for Black residents in California released its final report Thursday with more than 115 recommendations for how the state should compensate those harmed by...
Jun 29, 2023 · The task force provided more than 115 recommendations for “critically needed law and policy reforms” that redress the persistent harms to the Black community from slavery and systemic racism.
Aug 17, 2023 · Based on the annual amounts recommended by the report’s authors, a person could receive reparations of more than $1.2 million. Combined recommended reparations could total more than $1.2...
Jun 30, 2023 · 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.
May 10, 2023 · Among the recommendations were possible estimates of reparations owed by the state, including: An estimated $13,619 for each year of residency, based on a 71-year life expectancy, for harm...
