{"id":2209276,"date":"2024-03-29T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrat-pitches-new-way-to-work-around-newsoms-skepticism-about-reparations\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T15:21:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T19:21:34","slug":"california-democrat-pitches-new-way-to-work-around-newsoms-skepticism-about-reparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrat-pitches-new-way-to-work-around-newsoms-skepticism-about-reparations\/","title":{"rendered":"A California Democrat proposes innovative approach to address Newsom&#8217;s concerns on reparations"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fcalifornia-democrat-pitches-new-way-to-work-around-newsoms-skepticism-about-reparations%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=2209276&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--><p>The HTML\u2062 code snippet includes a button allowing users to expand content\u200b by clicking \u200d&#8221;Read more&#8230;&#8221;,\u200d followed by a horizontal line and additional content contained within a div element. The\u2062 content may relate to California based on the Washington Examiner tag included\u200b in the link. The\u200b HTML snippet \u200bfeatures a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button to reveal hidden content, followed by a horizontal line and additional content within a div element. The linked tag suggests the content\u200c may be \u2064related \u200dto \u200cCalifornia, as \u2064it references the Washington Examiner&#8217;s\u200c California tag.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>California<\/a> lawmaker wants to tax gold, cotton, and other items linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/slavery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>slavery<\/a> and use the money for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/reparations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reparations<\/a> for black people.<\/p>\n<p>The bill introduced by Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer is one of 12 bills backed by the California Legislative Black Caucus. The bills stem from a 2023 report published by the state\u2019s reparations task force \u2014 the first such task force in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The task force was created after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed California Assembly Bill 3121 in 2020. However, Newsom has been <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/2023\/09\/gov-gavin-newsom-may-regret-pledges-to-black-californians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>noncommittal<\/a> to the measures proposed by the task force.  <\/p>\n<p>The tax, the rate of which is unspecified in the bill, would go into effect in July 2025 at a sale\u2019s point of purchase. <\/p>\n<p>Consumers buying wine, olives, cane sugar, rice, coffee beans, and any other goods linked to the trans-Atlantic trade would pay a tax. The reparation funds would focus on residents descended from slaves. The funds from the tax would go toward helping them cover housing loans or pay for tuition.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the past, the reparations task force <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/3988577-inside-a-california-proposal-to-pay-1-2-million-in-reparations-to-black-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>proposed<\/a> a $1.2 million payout to black residents.    <\/p>\n<p>Talk of reparations is unpopular among the majority of California residents, with only 23% in support of the measure. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Assemblyman in California aims to tax goods tied to slavery like gold and cotton to fund reparations for black communities. This bill, part of 12 supported by the California Legislative Black Caucus, follows a 2023 report on reparations. Reggie Jones-Sawyer leads the charge in this effort to address historical injustices affecting black individuals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2209277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24081669354159.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24081669354159.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}