The San Francisco Board of Supervisors came under pressure Tuesday to accept a draft proposal on reparations that includes $5 million for each eligible Black adult resident, a budget-busting figure increasingly embraced by supporters as the baseline.
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BOS President Shamann Walton leads Reparations plan for Black San Franciscans!
May 5, 2021
Our District 10 Sup. Shamann Walton, president of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, expects to make his mark in history with the first comprehensive reparations plan in a major US city. He had introduced the legislation to create a reparations advisory board in October. Here, he speaks passionately at a Juneteenth 2020 rally to commemorate the life of George Floyd and others killed by police. It’s important to remember that atrocities against Black people continue, most famously in still rampant police murders and, just as devastating, such assaults as the economic lockout that keeps most Blacks poor and exploited. – Photo: Kevin Hume, SF Examiner
The members are set to serve indefinite terms, as they create a comprehensive reparations plan over the next two years, gathering input from the city s African American residents on prioritizing issues such as housing, education, violence prevention, workforce development, health care access, and food disparity, among others, according to Walton s office. The appointments of this reparations advisory committee is an historical event, as I am unaware of any other legislated body in place to prioritize injustices and create a true reparations plan in a package for Black people, Walton said in a statement.
Walton said he hopes the committee will ensure that we not only improve outcomes for Black people in San Francisco, but also that we repair the damage of the past and make compensation tangible in order to overturn negative outcomes and create generational wealth.