California Reparations Task Force Seeks to Give Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to Each Black Resident
THe Californian The Reparations Task Force is scheduled to meet later in the week. It seeks to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars each resident of black states.
The task force is made up of nine members Composed of There were eight members of the black community and one member from Asia. Created Assembly Bill 3121, Sept. 20, 2020. In the wake of the George Floyd riots.
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This task force was charged with investigating California’s responsibility for racist practices that negatively affected the black community, and determining a fair amount of financial compensation. Its next meeting will take place in Sacramento on Friday, and Saturday. According to CapRadio.
The task force was authorized to hold hearings and hear witness testimony. They could also request the production or destruction of evidence.
The purpose of the committee is “(1) to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans; (2) to recommend appropriate ways to educate the California public of the task force’s findings; and (3) to recommend appropriate remedies in consideration of the Task Force’s findings,” According to its website.
California asked five economists from California to estimate the cost of discrimination in California’s black community. It was estimated that discriminatory housing policies from 1933 to 1977 cost the state $569 billion. That’s $223,329 each for every black resident. Washington Post reported.
But, this figure is only for housing discrimination. However, the group is still able to calculate the cost associated with a range of discriminatory policies. This means that the final amount of recommended reparations will be higher. Expect the final figure to be released in June along with the final report of the committee.
The meeting on Friday and Saturday are scheduled at the same time, which is a sign of increased effort by the committee. The previous meeting was held Jan. 27, 2022. There were many months between meetings for much of 2022.
Reparations task forces’ methods of arriving at figures have been challenged, particularly when a San Francisco task force arrived up with a figure that was $5 million per black resident.
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“I will be the first lawyer to fight against this,” Leo Terrell, a civil rights attorney who is black, Fox News interview about the proposal
“This is outrageous, it’s unlawful, it’s unconstitutional, it’s racist, but it’s not surprising it came from California,” He stated.
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