SF Politics No Reparations For Now, But SF Supervisors to Vote on Formal Apology to Black Residents The formal apology to Black residents would be one of the first among major U.S. cities, but without any money on the table, it's difficult to see the resolution as more than symbolic.
SF News California Legislators Introduce First Reparations Bill, Cash Payments Not Proposed In a move that coincides with the beginning of Black History Month, members of the California Legislative Black Caucus introduced 14 bills addressing reparations for the harms of slavery and historical racism, though cash payments are not among the proposals.
SF Politics SF’s Once Highly Touted Office of Reparations Loses Its Funding In Breed’s New Budget Cuts Remember that SF Office of Reparations that once considered $5 million lump-sum payments to Black San Franciscans? Now the city can’t even afford the $2 million a year to run that department, and the office is gutted in Mayor Breed’s budget cuts.
SF News SF Supervisors on Board With Reparations Plan, But Those $5 Million Payments Are Looking Unlikely The SF Board of Supervisors looked ready to approve the recommendations of the local reparations committee for Black San Franciscans on Tuesday, but this seems to be going more in the direction of cultural districts and educational efforts rather than cash payments.
SF News Black Californians Closer to Reparations: Task Force Proposes Payments, Apology, and More in Historic Vote Saturday The task force, put together over two years ago, is the first statewide body to tackle policy recommendations for reparations, and also recommends policy changes involving the justice system, housing rules, and employment practices.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Approve Reparations Draft Document; SF NAACP Comes Out Against $5 Million Payments The SF NAACP came out on record against the proposed $5 million per Black SF resident proposal in the current list of reparations recommendations, and the Board of Supervisors approved a draft of that document that won’t be finalized until September.
SF Politics San Francisco Supervisors Discuss Reparations Proposals and That $5M Lump Sum Idea Today's SF Board of Supervisors meeting was making national headlines before it had even begun, and that is because SF is poised to become the first major city to grapple with the idea of paying reparations for historical wrongs to Black residents.
SF News Activists Rally for Reparations at Third Baptist Church Town Hall Meeting A Valentine’s Day town hall meeting at Third Baptist Church brought famed civil rights attorney John Burris and other supporters of the controversial $5 million per eligible person reparations plan, with Rev. Amos Brown calling reparations opponents the “personification of evil.”
SF News SF Reparations Committee Recommends $5 Million Lump-Sum Payments to Eligible Black Residents In one of the most sweeping and expensive proposals for reparations to Black Americans, a committee tasked with making recommendations for providing reparations to Black residents of San Francisco is suggesting $5 million lump-sum payments to residents who meet certain eligibility requirements.
