Newsom Tongue-Tied Over His Reparations Task Force’s $800 Billion Proposal

California Governor Gavin Newsom at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 2, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

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It is here! From the time Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law implementing a task force on reparations in 2020, it was inevitable that this day would come. The task force has proposed that the state pay an estimated $800 billion to the state’s black residents.