California is continuing to study plans to offer reparations to Black residents.
A bill to create an agency to determine how individuals would be eligible for reparations was approved by the California Senate Judiciary Committee in an 8-1 vote on April 9.
The bill would require the agency to implement the recommendations of a task force report last year to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans. The task force was created in 2020 by Gov. Gavin Newson. Under that proposal, Black residents may be owed $800 billion, which is more than California's total annual budget of $300 billion. The $800 billion included $246 billion to compensate Black Californians who were impacted by aggressive policing and prosecution during the war on drugs from 1970 to 2020, $125,000 for every person who qualified, according to The Associated Press.
Bradford's bill would require the agency to determine how an individual's status as a descendant would be confirmed. The bill would also require proof of an individual's descendant status to be a qualifying criteria for benefits authorized by the state for descendants.A Los Angeles Times poll last fall showed Californians opposed slavery reparations by a 2-to-1 margin, including by all racial demographics except Black.
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