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The final public meeting for the California Reparations Task force began with raucous public comments from African American California residents demanding reparations and even a national "divorce."
Sending the final reparations report to Newsom and California lawmakers puts them under political pressure to decide how the state should atone for slavery.
The report from California's slavery reparations task force heads to lawmakers responsible for turning recommendations into legislation.
State Sen. Steven Bradford wants to give Black people closed prisons in rural towns. It's exactly the sort of weird plan that might move a wary Legislature.