California Puts $12 Million Slice of Budget Into Reparations

Despite the state deficit, lawmakers find funds that will let some departments prepare for task force recommendations.
California Puts $12 Million Slice of Budget Into Reparations
(L-R) State Sen. Steven Bradford, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, task force member Lisa Holder, and Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer hold up a final report of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans during a hearing in Sacramento on June 29, 2023. Haven Daley/AP
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A newly announced budget agreement between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders includes $12 million to begin implementing the recommendations issued last year by the state’s reparations task force.

Supporters said the money is a step in the right direction.

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