{"id":2127829,"date":"2023-12-18T09:21:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T14:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-reparations-office-has-brutal-encounter-with-reality-entire-department-defunded\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T09:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T14:26:27","slug":"san-francisco-reparations-office-has-brutal-encounter-with-reality-entire-department-defunded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-reparations-office-has-brutal-encounter-with-reality-entire-department-defunded\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Reparations Office Faces Harsh Reality &#8211; Funding Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsan-francisco-reparations-office-has-brutal-encounter-with-reality-entire-department-defunded%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2127829&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>San \u2064Francisco Reparations Office \u200bHas Brutal Encounter \u2062with Reality &#8211; Entire Department Defunded<\/h2>\n<p>In January, a San \u200cFrancisco \u200cpanel studying reparations for slavery \u200dcame up with an ambitious proposal\u2064 \u2014 \u2063a \u200blump sum \u200bof payment \u2063of $5 million to every eligible black\u2062 American in the City by \u200bthe Bay.<\/p>\n<p>And that \u2062was just the start. The San Francisco\u200b African American Reparations Advisory \u2063Committee also proposed the\u2063 elimination of all personal debt, guaranteed income \u200dof $97,000 for\u2062 black residents for\u2064 250 years, and providing homes for black residents at a price\u200b of $1 each, libertarian\u200c writer Kristin Tate wrote in \u200dan April commentary in \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/3954846-how-you-may-wind-up-paying-for-san-franciscos-reparations-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cost to the city for this fantastical plan was estimated \u200bat $175 billion for the $5 million\u200d payouts alone,\u200d without taking into account the\u200c other add-ons. That amount is bigger than \u2062the\u2063 entire annual budgets\u200b of 47\u2063 of the 50 U.S. \u2062states, The Hill reported.<\/p>\n<p>When asked \u2064if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-major-city-considers-reparations-plan-includes-5-million-every-eligible-black-person\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$5 million per person<\/a> number was too\u200b large for a city to\u200c handle, committee Supervisor Shamann Walton said that it was just the\u2064 opposite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can Google a lot of the work of the \u2063reparations that has \u2063been done\u200c and look at the\u2063 monetary formulas that people\u200b have put together, and most certainly, the $5 million is a very minuscule \u200dnumber compared to a lot\u200d of research that has been done over the past\u2063 couple of \u2062decades, quite frankly,\u201d Walton said, according\u200b to\u2062 a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/san-francisco-cuts-reparations-office-as-part-of-75-million-budget-cut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u2062National Review<\/a> report published Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>But, \u2063in \u200da \u2062hilarious turn of events, the \u201centitlement committee,\u201d \u2064as it should \u2063have been called, has other things to worry about. Forget about reparations \u2014\u2063 the city has no\u2063 money to even fund the committee itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Budget \u2063Deficit in San Francisco \u2064Forces City to Eliminate \u200c\u2018Office\u2062 of Reparations\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8sUarod8a4\">https:\/\/t.co\/8sUarod8a4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LeoTerrell (@TheLeoTerrell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLeoTerrell\/status\/1736021212608819682?\">December 16,\u2062 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Surely they\u2019ll issue \u2063IOU\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 skiguy\u2062 (@skiguy14) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skiguy14\/status\/1736031723958460418?\">December 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/city-reparations-office-on-hold-due-to-breed-budget-cuts\/article_43e3bf8c-939a-11ee-8576-5710e9ed4db9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Examiner<\/a> report from\u2063 Dec. 5, funding \u2062for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/newsoms-real-reason-san-francisco-cleanup-may-even-cynical-previously-thought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the troubled \u200ccity\u2019s<\/a> first-ever \u2063Office of \u2064Reparations has \u200cbeen eliminated by Mayor London Breed \u200bas part of\u200b $75 million in cuts \u2063to the\u200d city budget.<\/p>\n<p>Walton\u200c had originally requested $50 million to establish the Office of Reparations in San Francisco\u2019s budget, the Examiner reported.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b request \u200bwas then reduced to $10 million.<\/p>\n<p>The committee finally secured $2 million to fund and hire staff.<\/p>\n<p>However, that $2 million\u200b has now been eliminated not\u200d only for this year \u2063but the next two budget years as well.<\/p>\n<p>Walton, who fought to secure\u200d funding \u2062for\u2063 the office, \u2062called the\u200c cuts \u200d\u201cdisheartening\u201d but did not dispute the need for reductions given \u200cthe fact that \u2063San Francisco\u2062 is dealing with a major budget\u200d deficit, the \u200dExaminer reported.<\/p>\n<p>Other planned\u200d programs have also lost\u200d funding due to Breed\u2019s $75 million in cuts across the board.<\/p>\n<p>The committee \u2062says work will continue\u2064 on some recommendations \u2063from\u2064 the reparations plan, such as \u200cbringing a satellite\u200d campus \u2063of a historically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-administration-wants-free-tuition-historically-black-colleges-universities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historically black college<\/a> \u2062 to San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200daccording to Walton, that $5 \u2064million per black \u200cperson is\u2063 only delayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy hope is that the city\u2019s deficit is eliminated \u200cquickly so that we can fund the Office of Reparations and fulfill\u200d the commitment made to address the\u2063 historical injustices \u200band inequities that have persisted for generations for black San Franciscans,\u201d \u200bWalton\u200d told the Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Walton did not \u2064mention that the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-spokesman-celebrates-1-9-trillion-covid-relief-plan-erases-ny-budget-deficit\/\" title=\"Schumer Spokesman Celebrates: .9 Trillion COVID Relief Plan Erases NY Budget Deficit\">projected budget deficit<\/a> for San Francisco will increase to \u2062$1 billion\u2063 by 2027, according to the Examiner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What are they \u200cdoing anyway but sowing\u2064 false expectations?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AmyAnn (@AmyAnn19692783) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyAnn19692783\/status\/1736025393763876870?\">December\u2062 16, \u20622023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Either Walton \u200cis \u2064a candidate for a trip\u200c down the \u200crabbit hole to Alice\u2019s wonderland, or he is\u2064 aware \u2064that \u2062his demands \u2062can never be satisfied by a city \u200cdealing with much\u2062 more \u2062real-world\u200d issues like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/living-liberal-city-created-safe-sleeping-site-homeless-residents-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homelessness<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/celebrity-chef-partnering-san-francisco-calls-rampant-crime-filth-cant-live-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rampant crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But as long as \u200che \u2063can\u2062 keep convincing \u200cSan Francisco\u2019s black population \u2014 about 5 percent of the\u200c city in \u20622022, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/sanfranciscocitycalifornia\/PST045222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Census Bureau<\/a> \u200b \u2014 that they just\u2062 might\u200d win the $5 million reparation lottery \u200bsomeday, \u200bthey\u2064 will keep \u2064voting Democrat\u2064 \u2014 just in case.<\/p>\n<p>And at the\u200c end of the day, isn\u2019t that what this is all about?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/san-francisco-reparations-office-brutal-encounter-reality-entire-department-defunded\/\">San Francisco\u2062 Reparations Office Has Brutal Encounter with \u2062Reality \u2063- Entire Department Defunded<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why is a more balanced and feasible approach necessary to ensure that \u2064reparations can make\u2063 a meaningful and lasting impact<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ns and move forward with the work that needs to be \u2062done to address the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-refuses-to-block-ruling-favoring-tribal-member\/\" title=\"Supreme Court upholds ruling for Tribal Member.\">historical injustices faced<\/a> by the black community,\u201d Walton said, as reported by the Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>This turn \u2064of events in San Francisco highlights the impracticality and lack of foresight in the initial proposal for reparations. While the idea of providing reparations to the black community is a significant and important conversation to have, it cannot be done at the expense of the city&#8217;s financial stability.<\/p>\n<p>The $5 \u200dmillion-per-person payout, along \u2063with the other proposed benefits, such as\u2064 the elimination of personal debt, guaranteed income, and housing subsidies, would have amounted to an astronomical cost of $175\u2063 billion. This figure far exceeds the annual\u200b budgets of most states in the country. It\u200c is simply unfeasible for\u200c a single city\u200c to bear such an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taxpayers-shell-out-151-billion-each-year-due-to-illegal-immigration-analysis-says\/\" title=\"Taxpayers Shell Out 1 Billion Each Year Due To Illegal Immigration, Analysis Says\">enormous financial burden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Supervisor Shamann Walton&#8217;s assertion \u2063that $5 \u2063million is a minuscule amount \u200cin comparison to \u200bthe\u2064 extensive research on reparations is misguided. While \u200dthere have been various monetary formulas \u200cproposed, it is important to consider the practicality and sustainability of any reparations\u2062 plan. A more realistic and feasible approach is needed to ensure that reparations can\u2064 be implemented\u200d effectively.<\/p>\n<p>The defunding of the\u200c Office of Reparations due to the\u200d city&#8217;s budget cuts is a disappointing setback. However, it is necessary to address the pressing issue of the city&#8217;s \u2062financial deficit. Mayor \u2064London \u200cBreed&#8217;s decision to allocate the limited\u2063 resources to essential services and programs is a responsible course of action.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Office of Reparations has lost its funding, the committee states that work will still continue on some recommendations from the \u200creparations plan. This commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-reparations-how-likely-are-the-proposals-to-pass\/\" title=\"Will California reparations proposals pass?\">addressing historical injustices<\/a> is\u2064 commendable, \u2062but it should be done in a manner that takes into account the financial realities of\u2062 the city.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the San \u2064Francisco Reparations\u2064 Office&#8217;s encounter with\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-coats-for-black-lives-calling-the-shots-at-americas-medical-schools\/\" title=\"'White Coats for Black Lives' Calling the Shots at America's Medical Schools\">reality serves<\/a> as a reminder that grandiose proposals must be grounded in practicality\u200c and sustainability. Reparations are an\u200c important \u2063step towards addressing historical injustices, but they must be implemented \u200cin\u2062 a manner that does not jeopardize the financial stability of the city or burden its residents. A more balanced and feasible approach \u2063is \u2062needed to ensure that reparations can make a meaningful and lasting impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January, a San Francisco panel suggested a bold plan for reparations: $5 million as a lump sum payment to each eligible black American in the city. 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