California's reparations task force has begun voting on recommendations for possible payments to Black residents and a formal apology for the state's role in perpetuating discriminatory policies.
OAKLAND -- California's historic reparations task force has begun voting on recommendations for possible payments to Black residents and a formal apology for the state's role in perpetuating discriminatory policies.
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, who is cosponsoring a bill in Congress to study restitution proposals for African Americans, at the meeting called on states and the federal government to pass reparations legislation. The apology crafted by the Legislature must"include a censure of the gravest barbarities" carried out on behalf of the state, according to the draft recommendation to be voted on.
The task force could vote for the state to apologize publicly and acknowledge responsibility for past wrongs in the presence of people whose ancestors were enslaved. The acknowledgement could be informed by the descendants recounting injustices they have faced and include a promise that California will not repeat the same mistakes.
Documents outlining recommendations to the task force by economists previously showed the state could owe upwards of $800 billion, or more than 2.5 times its annual budget, for overpolicing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination against Black people.
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