The first-in-the-nation committee, a nine-member task force assembled by Governor Gavin Newsom, will prepare an apology to Black Californians and suggest steps that may make up for discriminatory policies. The reparations could include issuing direct payments to the descendants of enslaved people or passing laws to close racial disparities. “It might mean free college at our CSU and our UC systems to African Americans. It might be zero down payment for first-time African American homeowners. We know they have the biggest challenge in homeownership, not only in California but across this nation,” according to State Senator Steven Bradford, a Gardena […]

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