Tag: Reparations task force eligibility
Reparations Task Force Meets To Discuss Compensation Calculation, Eligibility Requirements
The state Reparations Task Force met on Wednesday at Oakland City Hall to determine how financial compensation might be calculated and what would be required to prove eligibility. The Task Force was first put together in late 2020 following Gov....
California Reparations Panel Estimates $569 Billion is Owed to Black Residents
The California Reparations Task Force gave their first estimation on possible reparations for African-Americans in California on Thursday, coming to an estimated figure of $569 billion of reparations based on past housing discrimination practices in California. The Task Force was...
Veto Urged for Bill Extending CA Reparations Task Force
Groups that favor reparations for African-Americans in California, such as the Coalition for a Just and Equitable California, sent a letter to Gavin Newsom earlier this week urging him not to sign an upcoming bill that would extend the life...
Reparations Task Force Releases First Report, Calls For Reparations To Be Given for Past Oppression
The California Reparations Task Force released their first report on Wednesday, both documenting the harm made against African-Americans in California since 1850, and calling for reparations to given given to all slave-descendent blacks in the state. In the 500-page Reparations...
Reparations Task Force To Release First Report on Harms Made Against Black Californians
The California Reparations Task Force announced on Tuesday that a report will be released in the coming days that documents California’s history of harm against African Americans in the past, as well as helping prepare legislators in the coming years...
CA Reparations Panel Votes 5-4 to Limit Payouts Only to Descendants of Slaves
The Reparations Task Force voted 5-4 on Tuesday to limit proposed state reparations to only those descended from free and enslaved black Americans in the 19th century, rejecting broader limits of all black residents regardless of ancestry and finally ending...