- An 11-member reparations task force has been set up in California
- It is the country’s largest ever effort to address reparations for slavery
- Descendants of slaves in California could receive $223,200 each, it speculated
- That would total $569billion – more than the entire state expenditure in 2021
- Nearly 6.5% of California residents – 2.5M – identify as Black or African American
- A focus of the California task force has been ‘housing discrimination’
- The task force was formed due to legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom
