A community organization that pushed to create the first-in-the-nation African American reparations task force in California is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto legislation extending the deadline for the committee to complete its work.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom focused on issues around housing and homelessness in his second State of the State address Feb. 19, 2020.
“We're going to turn our report in on time,” he said. “We're going to go ahead and ask for reparations on time.” “We’re hearing concerns that it’s not going to happen, that this is not going to result in anything,” he said. “This is why we do not need a delay of this work.” The task force is scheduled to meet on Sept. 23 and 24 in Los Angeles for the first time since it releasedslavery still linger in California and nationally through large disparities between white and Black communities in health, income, education, incarceration and employment.
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