California slavery reparations eligibility vote Archives

Gov. Gavin Newsom Opened a Reparations Can of Worms

January 17, 2023 2:45 amJanuary 18, 2023 6:29 am

Despite that California was never a slave state, the San Francisco reparations committee just announced a proposal to pay each multi-decade black resident of the City $5 million. But Wait! It doesn’t stop there. The reparations committee also proposed granting total...

California Reparations Plan is Rooted in Stupidity and Historical Lies

December 21, 2022 9:38 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Reparations Task Force is considering an estimated $569 Billion to be paid by the state for reparations (that’s two and a half times California’s current state budget which already is running a deficit), to give to black-Americans living in...

California’s Ludicrous Slave Reparations Bill

December 15, 2022 9:26 amDecember 17, 2022 8:06 am

If you think the country, politics and society in general is going stark raving mad, it’s worse in California. California is home to one-third of the nations’ welfare recipients and has the highest poverty. Our failing schools now rank 48th...

Reparations Task Force To Release First Report on Harms Made Against Black Californians

June 1, 2022 2:50 amMay 31, 2022 7:26 pm

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

March 30, 2022 12:49 pmMarch 30, 2022 2:55 pm

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...