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After 2½ years of meetings, community discussions, historical deep dives and policy generation, a panel tasked with proposing how San Francisco might atone for decades of discrimination against Black residents is ready to ask the city to step up and support equity rhetoric with action.
San Francisco’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee is aiming to submit its final recommendations to the city by June 30, according to Brittni Chicuata, director of economic rights at the city’s Human Rights Commission. In the meantime, the city’s annual budget process is in full swing, which may affect funding and the timeline for whatever reparations policies the board decides to pursue.
As I move around the community, I constantly find people who feel the recent election results mainly benefit certain powerful groups that had spent a lot of money to get their candidates or issues supported. When some voters, especially some first-time voters, see the results of how these powerful groups use their money, they become dismayed, and they feel that the election results are flawed and tainted. | By Richard Johnson As I move around the community, I constantly find people who feel the recent election results mainly benefit certain powerful groups that had spent a lot of money to get their candidates or issues supported. When some voters, especially some first-time voters, see the results of how these powerful groups use their money,
Last week, Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson) demanded Sacramento County officials stop housing foster children in a former juvenile correction center. The lawmaker, who authored Assembly Bill (AB) 175 that expanded and clarified the Foster Youth Bill of Rights, says what Sacramento County is doing is “unacceptable” and is in violation of state law. By Tanu Henry and Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Your roundup of news stories you might have missed last week. Assemblymember Mike Gipson Demands Sac County Remove Foster Children From Former Jail Last week, Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson) demanded Sacramento County officials stop housing foster children in a former juvenile correction center. The lawmaker,