SAN DIEGO — Several members of California ’s Legislative Black Caucus launched a statewide tour in San Diego Saturday to promote a14 reparations bills
Polls that tested variations of the ballot initiative found higher support for a simplified version, he said. The bill to place the proposed amendment on the ballot must first pass the state Senate’s Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee on June 18 and then the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 24, in order to meet a June 27 deadline to finalize ballot measures.“It’s quite clear we want to eliminate involuntary servitude in California,” he said. “Anything less than that is falling short of the objective.
California became the first state in the country to form a reparations task force three years ago and the first to introduce a, have proposed their own compensation programs for descendants of slaves or victims of racism, often with pushback. A recent lawsuitSome Black California legislators noted that Republican colleagues have pledged to vote against reparations bills and some Democrats also have expressed reservations.
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