Written by The Standard Staff Published Apr. 18, 2023 • SFStandard.com Mayor London Breed answers questions from the Board of Supervisors about the reparations on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. | Justin Katigbak for The Standard At a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed answered questions about the city’s… Continue reading
Will Breed support reparations? ByTIM REDMOND APRIL 9, 2023 (48Hills.org) Sup. Shamann Walton has been leading the way on the city’s long-overdue discussion of reparations. The city’s debate has attracted national attention, a lot of it clueless at best and utterly racist at worst. But we haven’t heard a lot from… Continue reading
ASSOCIATED PRESS March 16, 2023, 1:18 PM San Francisco lawmakers hear findings of Black reparations committee SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisors have backed the idea of paying reparations to Black people, but whether members will agree to lump-sum payments of $5 million to every eligible person or to any of… Continue reading
J.D. Morris March 14, 2023 Updated: March 15, 2023 4:37 p.m. (SFChronicle.com) San Francisco legislators have shown broad support for a draft plan to provide reparations to the city’s Black community, but they have not yet decided the fate of the most ambitious recommendation: $5 million lump-sum payments to an unknown number of eligible recipients. After… Continue reading
by ELENI BALAKRISHNAN MARCH 14, 2023 (MissionLocal.org) The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hear a draft reparations plan for the city of San Francisco. The plan, sponsored by Supervisor Shamann Walton and developed by an advisory committee with the Human Rights Commission, proposes repayment and support for eligible Black residents… Continue reading
By Marcus White | Examiner staff writer | Mar 14, 2023 Updated 19 hrs ago (SFExaminer.com) The San Francisco Board of Supervisors did not vote on giving some Black residents $5 million during a highly publicized hearing on Tuesday. Tuesday’s hearing centered on a draft reparations plan, authored by a committee that supervisors… Continue reading
