No, California has not approved $1.2 million in reparations for Black residents

No, California has not approved $1.2 million in reparations for Black residents | Fact check



The claim: California approved $1.2 million in reparations for every Black resident



"$1.2 MILLION approved in reparations for every black resident in California??!" reads the post. "this should be interesting MAYday."

A tweet with the same claim generated over 600 likes in less than two weeks. Similar posts have spread elsewhere on Facebook and Twitter.


Our rating: False
A California task force voted in May to recommend slavery reparations for Black residents for harm caused by issues such as mass incarceration and housing discrimination. However, the group never recommended $1.2 million as a compensation amount, and to date the recommendations have not been approved by the California Legislature.

Reparations for Black residents have not yet been approved in the state
In 2020, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill establishing a nine-member task force to recommend ways to educate Californians about slavery and develop reparation proposals for Black Americans. The move came after the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was pinned down by a white police officer in an incident that spurred nationwide protests over racial injustice.

But California has not approved $1.2 million reparations for Black residents, according to Don Tamaki, a task force member appointed by Newsom.

The claim surfaced after the task force voted May 6 to approve proposals on how California will compensate Black Americans for health harms, housing discrimination, mass incarceration, over-policing, unjust property takings and the devaluation of Black businesses. The group consulted economists and policy experts to “develop a methodology for analyzing and calculating losses” in each category, according to the report.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Newsom, listen to students from New College of Florida on Wednesday during Newsom's stop at the Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library in Sarasota on April 5, 2023.

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