$569B in reparations owed to black California residents, says Newsom’s task force – By Candace Hathaway (The Blaze) / Dec 2, 2022
After months of research, California’s Reparations Task Force recently reported that the state’s black residents whose ancestors were in America from 1933 to 1977 are owed a total of $569 billion in housing reparations, the New York Times reported.
The task force, which was formed by legislation signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2020, includes nine members who have spent months traveling the state conducting interviews and collecting data to assess the long-term effects of slavery.
The nine-member panel plans to release a full report to Sacramento lawmakers next year detailing state-level reparation recommendations. The group hopes their efforts will minimize the wealth gap between black and white California residents.
The task force’s 2022 preliminary report analyzed five potential compensation areas, including housing discrimination, mass incarceration, unjust property seizures, devaluation of black businesses, and health care.
