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The California Reparations Task Force was established by California Assembly Bill 3121 to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans, especially those who are descendants of persons enslaved in the United States. In addition to studying the history and developing reparation proposals for African Americans, the task force is designed to recommend appropriate ways to educate the California public of the task force's findings and recommend appropriate remedies in consideration of the Task Force’s findings. Five members are appointed by the Governor, two members are appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and two members by the Speaker of the Assembly. Members are Force: senator Steven Bradford, Amos C. Brown, Cheryl Grills, Lisa Holder, assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer, Jovan Scott Lewis, Kamilah Moore (Chair), councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe, and councilmember Donald K. Tamaki.[1] Eight members are African American and the ninth Japanese American.[2]

California is the first state to establish a body to study the long history of terror and oppression against African Americans and recommend reparations.[2] Germany made payments to Holcaust survivors and the United States made payments to Americans who were interned during World War II by the Franklin Roosevelt administration for being Japanese. In one case a family's land was taken through eminent domain and became a state park.[3]

The task force met in 2021.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Reparations Task Force Members". State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General. May 3, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "California Forms a State-Level Reparations Task Force".
  3. ^ "'If not us, then who?': inside the landmark push for reparations for Black Californians". the Guardian. January 9, 2022.
  4. ^ Karlamangla, Soumya (December 8, 2021). "California's Reparations Task Force Meets Again" – via NYTimes.com.
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