California reparations panel approves historic payments for black residents.

The California Reparations Task Force has recommended that the state offer payments of up to $1.2 million to every qualifying Black resident, along with a formal apology. The payments would be broken down by types of historical discrimination, such as redlining and over-policing. The recommendation, which does not have legal weight, was met with opposition from some Black residents demanding larger payments. The task force noted that California did not pass laws to guarantee freedom when it entered the Union as a free state in 1850 and continued to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act after emancipation.