OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – California’s first-in-the-nation task force studying reparations for Black residents is meeting in Oakland to discuss potential eligibility requirements and what form reparations could take. Conversations for how to calculate financial compensation are in the early stages. Economists hired by the task force are calculating cash compensation in five areas. They include unjust government taking of property, housing discrimination and mass incarceration. The task force has a July 1 deadline to release a final report outlining recommendations to the Legislature. Lawmakers will need to pass legislation for payments and other policy changes to take place.
