A California task force approved recommendations for reparations to Black residents. That doesn’t mean that every Black Californian will get $1.2 million, as some tweets claimed.
claims, and in a response to PolitiFact, King reiterated that the task force approved the payments. But this rumor misunderstands the power of the group’s action. A legislatively mandated task force made a recommendation for reparations, but there has been no official action that would finalize awarding reparations to each Black Californian, let alone an amount in the millions.
The task force will meet once more before July 1, the deadline for submitting recommendations. Before any version of the proposal could become law, the Legislature would have to vote and pass it to the governor’s desk for signature.has not publicly said"Dealing with that legacy is about much more than cash payments," Newsom said in a May 10 statement to
in Sacramento."This work must continue. Following the Task Force's submission of its final report this summer, I look forward to a continued partnership with the Legislature to advance systemic changes that ensure an inclusive and equitable future for all Californians.", establishing the nine-member Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans.
The task force, composed of state and city lawmakers, a civil rights leader, clinical psychologist, attorneys and an economic anthropologist and geographer, wasstudy reparations to people in the Black community and make recommendations to the state.
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