The California Reparations Task Force approved recommendations to compensate for the harms of slavery that could translate into billions to the state’s Black residents as the panel moved closer to presenting its historic report to the state legislature.
The nation’s first statewide reparations task force wrapped up voting late Saturday at its meeting at Mills College in Oakland, finalizing a lengthy list of recommendations for its final report to the legislature ahead of the July 1 deadline after two years of work.
What the report does not deliver is a final figure on how much eligible Black residents should receive to compensate them for previous discriminatory policies. Eligible Black residents over the age of 71 who have lived their entire lives in California could be owed $1.2 million based on “calculations of losses,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle, citing a 34-page draft released last week that factors in housing discrimination, healthcare disparities, and “Mass incarceration & Over-policing.”
Compensation for the “war on drugs” alone would mean an average of $115,260 per Black resident for a total cost to the state of $228 billion, the report said. “Interview requests and published articles have focused on reparation compensation amounts in spite of the task force’s decision to not deliver a sum,” Mr. Lewis told the panel. “This is in particular to the recent media reporting on the reparations amount of $1.2 million. There’s been increased interest in getting task force members’ opinion on this amount and the rationale behind it.”
The task force also recommended awarding “cumulative compensation” to Californians who lived in the state for at least six months during a relevant “period of harm.” In addition, Black residents who can show that they suffered “particular harms,” such as specific property losses, would be eligible for restitution.
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