SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed bag Monday for proponents of bills aimed at addressing the state’s legacy of racist and discriminatory policies against Black ...

The legislation lacks a central fund and direct payments provision. Although California legislators recently passed ambitious legislation aimed at addressing the state’s legacy of racist treatment of ...

California‘s movement toward implementing reparations for slavery and anti-Black racism hit an abrupt roadblock as the state’s Assembly adjourned without a vote on two of the most important measures ...

Christian Flagg, 33, speaks at a California Reparations Task Force meeting to hear public input in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2022. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a handful of bills on Thursday ...

More than two years after the California Reparations Task Force released its first set of policy recommendations for repairing generational harms of slavery and post-slavery institutional racism, the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX40.COM )– Two pieces of legislation that ...

Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, D- CA 39, poses in this undated photo. The creation of a Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery in California is a first-in-the-nation step toward moving reparations ...

A state task force had been split on who should receive reparations. A California task force’s decision to limit reparations for slavery to people who can trace their lineage to free and enslaved ...

Morris Griffin holds a sign at the Reparations Task Force hearing at the March Fong Eu Secretary of State offices in Sacramento on June 29, 2023. (File photo by Semantha Norris/CalMatters) This story ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Lawmakers and advocates are regrouping to determine how they will move forward in the effort to ensure reparative ...

Members of California’s Legislative Black Caucus introduced a package of reparations bills, signaling a renewed commitment to racial justice even as President Donald Trump has taken actions to curtail ...

Five years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom set in motion a process that would place on his desk a series of bills to advance reparations for California’s descendants of slavery. Their arrival has revealed the ...