In September, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors reviewed a 400-page report outlining more than 100 recommendations on how to provide reparations for the city’s African-American residents. Proposals include establishing a city office dedicated to reparations, programs to support Black-owned businesses, and cash payments to individuals, a suggestion that has stirred controversy. A city commission developed the plan after nearly three years of work, which mirrors a statewide reparations study that is ongoing. We’ll talk about San Francisco’s recommendations, the harms they are meant to repair and what San Franciscans think about it.
What’s Next for San Francisco’s Slavery Reparations Plan?
California Reparations Task Force meets to hear public input on reparations at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2022. (Carolyn Cole via Getty Images )
Guests:
Otis R. Taylor Jr., managing editor of news, KQED
Don Tamaki, member, California Reparations Task Force; partner, Minami Tamaki LLP<br />
Eric McDonnell, chair, San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee
Alison Ford, Bay Area native; descendant of people who were enslaved<br />
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