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San Francisco Creates Committee to Explore Reparations For Black Citizens The city is looking to address the effects of historical discrimination and racism against African Americans. Published 18 hours ago Written by Madison J. Gray The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a task force this week that will study reparations through financial compensation and community programs for descendants of enslaved people in America. Associated Press reported, the board voted unanimously to form a 15-member African American Reparations Advisory Committee, including Black San Franciscans who have suffered displacement, homelessness, incarceration or other issues. “The appointments of this reparations advisory committee is an historical event, as I am unaware of any other legislated body in place to prioritize injustices and create a true reparations plan in a package for Black people,” said Board President Shamann Walton. ....
6 May 2021 The mayor of San Francisco announced Wednesday that $3.75 million will be taken from the city’s police and sheriff’s office budget to go to help black organizations. Mayor London Breed issued a statement about the Dream Keeper Initiative that will fund “nonprofits that serve the black community.” “Across this country, and in our city, we’ve seen how the black community’s economic growth and prosperity has historically been disrupted and marginalized,” Breed said in the statement. “We have invested our resources in a way that lifts up and supports African American small business owners, entrepreneurs, and the entire community.” ....
BOS President Shamann Walton leads Reparations plan for Black San Franciscans! May 5, 2021 Our District 10 Sup. Shamann Walton, president of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, expects to make his mark in history with the first comprehensive reparations plan in a major US city. He had introduced the legislation to create a reparations advisory board in October. Here, he speaks passionately at a Juneteenth 2020 rally to commemorate the life of George Floyd and others killed by police. It’s important to remember that atrocities against Black people continue, most famously in still rampant police murders and, just as devastating, such assaults as the economic lockout that keeps most Blacks poor and exploited. – Photo: Kevin Hume, SF Examiner ....
San Francisco to reinvest $3.75M from police budget into Black businesses We have to invest our resources in a way that lifts up and supports African American small business owners Loading the player. The city of San Francisco has announced a plan to redirect $3.75 million from its police budget to Black-owned businesses. Mayor London Breed made the announcement in a statement Wednesday, May 5 saying, “Across this country, and in our city, we’ve seen how the Black community’s economic growth and prosperity has historically been disrupted and marginalized.” “This funding is part our efforts to undo the harm of generations of disinvestment and economic inequities. As we work to recover and make San Francisco a better place to live, work, and do business, we have to invest our resources in a way that lifts up and supports African American small business owners, entrepreneurs, and the entire community,” said Breed. ....