California, which entered the Union in 1850 as a free state, is now considering reparations of up to $360,000 per eligible recipient — more than 50% more than the amount floated as the highest possibility last year.
It is not clear where the money will come from, as the state has a budget deficit of roughly $25 billion this year, and many cities are also short of money. It is also unclear why California would pay for sins it did not commit.
Some advocates of reparations argue that California is guilty, regardless, because of lingering racial equality. The goal appears to be to encourage the nation as a whole to pay reparations. As Bloomberg News“If California can admit its sins and change the narrative, then there is a way forward for states and cities across the nation,” said California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, who wrote the bill creating the task force when she served in the state assembly.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to create the reparations committee during the heyday of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. The committee, which has already made
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