California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a budget that includes up to $12 million for reparations legislation. The funding marks a milestone in the state's efforts to atone for a legacy of racism and discrimination against Black Californians. The budget does not specify what programs the money would go toward.
FILE - A crowd listens to speakers at a reparations rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco, on March 14, 2023. California plans to spend up to $12 million on reparations legislation under a budget signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom , marking a milestone in the state’s efforts to atone for a legacy of racism and discrimination against Black California ns.
“Slavery was a stain on our nation’s history, but I don’t believe it’s fair to try to right the wrongs on the past at the expense of the people today who did nothing wrong,” Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher said in a statement.
Kamilah Moore, who chaired the state reparations task force, was disappointed that lawmakers also did not introduce legislation this year to provide free tuition at public colleges for descendants of enslaved Black people, which the group recommended in its
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