California's Reparations Task Force is concluding a two-year process to study and gather evidence about the harms of slavery and to recommend reparations to the state Legislature.
California’s Reparations Task Force is preparing to answer the pivotal question of who should receive reparations for slavery.in three categories of community harms: health disparities, African American mass incarceration and over-policing, and housing discrimination.
Compensation for mass incarceration and over-policing of African Americans: $2,352 for each year of residency in California during the war on drugs from 1971 to 2020. The report recommends that the Legislature provide initial down payments to begin the process, with more payments to follow, and prioritize the elderly as the first in line for compensation. The task force also noted that the amounts are conservative estimates and not final.
The task force meets one last time in Sacramento on June 29 before sending its recommendations to the Legislature. Two lawmakers who sit on the task force, state Sen. Steven Bradford and Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer , are expected to lead efforts to convince their fellow lawmakers to provide reparations.
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