done for descendants of slaves. reporter: after two years of deliberations, california reparations task force sent to final report to the state capitol for the state legislature and governor to decide how the state should handle reparations. many expected it to call for a concrete dollar amount, the task force is leaving that challenge to the legislature and it provides over 115 recommendations spanning from cash payments to policy reforms to a formal apology to eligible residents designated as descendants of slaves. critics call this effort fiscally irresponsible noting how california is facing a $31.5 billion deficit. reparations is the extraction of money from people who were never slave owners to be given to people who were never slaves. we will never see reparations paid in california. again, it s illegal. it s unconstitutional. it violates the equal protection clause. reporter: progressive governor gavin newsom signed legislation creating the first in the nation