California task force recommends 'down payments' and $1.2M payouts for Black reparations.

California's reparations task force is set to recommend "down payments" to Black residents and the abolition of cash bail as a way to make amends for slavery and discrimination. The task force also proposes several policy changes to combat racial discrimination and for California to issue a formal apology enacted by the legislature and signed by the governor for slavery and anti-Black racism. The reparations program would be overseen by a new state agency that would determine eligibility for and distribute funds. The final report with the panel's official recommendations is due by July 1 to the state legislature.