After conducting over two years of research and holding public hearings, the task force presented its findings and recommendations to lawmakers last week.
A state task force in California has proposed more than 100 recommendations, including cash payments that could surpass $1 million in certain cases, as part of a reparations initiative. It's aimed at addressing historical injustices faced by Black residents who are descendants of enslaved people and have battled systemic discrimination for generations.
"Not being able to own your own businesses, not being able to have access to capital, not being able to be hired and move up and matriculate — all of those things kept us from being able to rise naturally," Jones-Sawyer said. Although cash payouts may not reach this figure, the specifics of the reparations program will be determined by lawmakers."We may not totally get there, but we're going to be so much better than if we have never done anything," said Jones-Sawyer.
An earlier generation of her family fled after a relative was lynched, and eventually settled in California's historically Black community of Allensworth in the 1950s. She witnessed firsthand during her childhood her father's struggle to secure a loan for a well on their farm — a loan that could have helped them succeed, she said.
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