


The task force evaluating reparations for black residents in California released breakdowns of its proposed payments ahead of a vote on the proposal on Saturday.
The calculations provided in the draft show that black residents who have lived in the state their whole life and are 71 or older could receive up to $1.2 million in payments.
Included in the payment structures are various alleged harms the committee seeks to atone for on behalf of the state of California and vary depending on the time spent in the Golden State.
Those who have suffered from health-related harms would receive $13,619 for each year spent in California, with descendants eligible for the payments. Payments for those who were victims of alleged over-policing from 1971 through 2020 would be entitled to $2,352 for each year living in California during that time, with a maximum amount of $115,260.
For housing discrimination from 1933 to 1977, eligible people would receive up to $148,099, or $3,366 for each year a person was a resident of the state during that time.
The meeting on Saturday at Mills College at Northeastern University in Oakland, California, will determine if these proposals make their way into the final report to the state legislature. The task force's report is due to be released by July 1.
After the reports are filed, it will be up to state legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) to decide whether the reparations will be enacted. The proposed reparations are estimated to cost $800 billion, according to some reports, and is roughly 2.5 times the state's annual budget.
Newsom signed the bill to create the task force in 2020 but has largely remained silent on whether he would support the current proposals. Ultimately, he is likely to have the final say in whether the reparations proposals are made law.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINERSan Francisco is separately exploring reparations for black residents, with current proposals calling for $5 million payments along with other benefits, including the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for the next 250 years, and homes in the city for $1 per family.
Other jurisdictions within the Golden State have also weighed reparations, including Berkeley Unified School District , just outside of San Francisco, which created a task force to explore payments to black students in the district.