SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reparations advocates urged San Francisco supervisors Tuesday to adopt recommendations aimed at shrinking the racial wealth gap and otherwise improving the lives of Black residents as atonement for decades of discriminatory city policies, including the granting of a lump-sum $5 million payment to every eligible adult.
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors was expected to vote Tuesday to accept the final reparations plan issued by the city's African American Reparations Advisory Committee.
San Francisco embraces its image as a sanctuary for people living in the country illegally and members of the LGBTQ community.
More than 200 people rallied outside City Hall before Tuesday’s board meeting, demanding that the city start addressing the enormous disparities for Black San Franciscans.
Critics say the city's reparations plans are unconstitutional and would ruin the city financially.
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Mayor London Breed, Rev, Amos C, Brown, Richie Greenberg, ” California's, Eric Risberg
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