oakland, california - California's reparations task force is set to wrap up its first-in-the-nation work Saturday, voting on recommendations for a fo
California’s reparations task force began voting Saturday on recommendations for how the state may compensate and apologize to Black Californians for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) California's reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations for how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.
The nine-member committee gave final approval at a meeting in Oakland to a hefty list of proposals that now go to state lawmakers to consider for reparations legislation.
An apology crafted by lawmakers must "include a censure of the gravest barbarities" carried out on behalf of the state, according to the recommendation approved.