Reparations and Race Relations in California
San Francisco has proposed a reparations plan that includes $5 million cash payments and housing aid to compensate Black residents for policies that drove them away and hindered their economic opportunities. The city's Black population has shrunk from 13% in 1970 to about 5% today, driven first by cycles of redevelopment and then by the gentrifying forces of tech employers. The task force has declared a moonshot: a one-time, $5 million payment to anyone eligible. To close the racial wealth gap, the task force has issued 111 recommendations in a preliminary report to city leaders.