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CA Lawmakers Look At Giving Reparations Bills Another Shot In 2025 Following Failure In 2024

December 30, 2024 4:19 pmDecember 30, 2024 4:19 pm

Reparations advocates are looking at 2025 to be the year that key reparations bills are passed, with some to pave the way for larger monetary reparations in the future. Following the George Floyd incident and a renewed call for reparations...

CA 2025-2026 State Budget Deficit at $2 Billion, Expected To Grow Exponentially

November 21, 2024 2:45 amNovember 21, 2024 2:46 am

The Legislative Analyst’s Office unveiled the California state budget forecast for the 2025-2026 fiscal year on Wednesday, showing a $2 billion deficit for the year, but with the number expected to grow exponentially if more cuts aren’t made soon. California’s...

Reparations Property Restoration Bill In Jeopardy Following Removal Of Several Other Reparations Bills

September 4, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 4, 2024 2:46 am

Few reparations bills managed to land on the Governor’s desk this month, despite 14 starting off at the beginning of the year. All the little-to-no cost measures with no real legal or political challenges made it, like AB 3089, which...

Multiple Reparations Bills Halted As Black Caucus Pulls Them Only Hours Before Votes

September 2, 2024 2:42 pmSeptember 2, 2024 2:42 pm

The two reparations bills that would have created a new state fund for reparations were pulled by the California Legislative Black Caucus only hours before they were to be voted on. The bills would have created the California American Freedman...

Bill to Create New Reparations Agency Passes Senate In Divisive Vote

May 22, 2024 4:36 pmMay 22, 2024 4:36 pm

A bill to create a new state agency, the California American Freedman Affairs Agency, to assist Californians with any approved reparations programs, passed in the Senate on Tuesday in a split 30-7 vote, with 3 abstentions. Senate Bill 1403, authored...

Newsom’s Budget Revisal Proposes 10,000 Vacant State Jobs Being Cut, Cuts To 260 State Programs

May 11, 2024 7:45 amMay 11, 2024 7:45 am

During his May revised 2024-2025 state budget proposal announcement on Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed cutting around 10,000 vacant state jobs, as well as spending to 260 state programs. Back in January, Governor Newsom released his first 2024-2025 state budget...

Bill to Create New Reparations Agency Passes Senate Judiciary Committee

April 11, 2024 2:45 amApril 11, 2024 2:46 am

A bill to create a new state agency, the California American Freedman Affairs Agency, to assist Californians with any approved reparations programs, passed in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in an 8-1 vote, with 2 abstentions. Senate Bill 1403,...