{"id":28400,"date":"2023-09-12T12:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T19:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=28400"},"modified":"2023-09-12T12:28:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T19:28:56","slug":"poll-majority-of-bay-area-voters-oppose-reparations-cash-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/12\/poll-majority-of-bay-area-voters-oppose-reparations-cash-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Majority of Bay Area voters oppose reparations cash payments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/users\/profile\/Marcus%20White\">By Marcus White | Examiner staff writer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sep 11, 2023\u00a0Updated\u00a07 min ago (SFExaminer.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/sfexaminer.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/2\/ed\/2ed08856-50dc-11ee-be33-27b6b1881172\/64ff6f6400421.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267\" alt=\"California Reparations Interim Report\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Copies of the interim report issued by California\u2019s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans are seen at the Capitol in Sacramento on June 16, 2022. A majority of registered voters responding to a statewide poll say they oppose the report\u2019s recommendation to make cash payments to Black Californians descended from an enslaved ancestor.AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More than half of registered voters in the Bay Area oppose cash payments to descendants of enslaved Black people as reparations, according to a statewide poll published this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies on Sunday published poll results indicating that 59% of California voters, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/6385d0v7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">52% in the Bay Area<\/a>&nbsp;oppose the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/california-reparations-report-releases-landmark-findings\/article_30a8d970-16c7-11ee-b038-efb4d1973889.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California Reparations Task Force\u2019s recommendation<\/a>&nbsp;to create a guaranteed income program for Black Californians who are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/system\/files\/media\/full-ca-reparations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">descended from enslaved people<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 6,030 registered voters polled were not asked about reparations in San Francisco, but the findings could have an impact upon&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/how-sf-reparations-eligibility-changed-before-final-report\/article_eefef5be-1f80-11ee-ba00-676884ed474f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The City\u2019s own reparations programs<\/a>. Among the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-07\/AARAC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than 100 policy recommendations<\/a>&nbsp;San Francisco\u2019s task force released in July, the committee suggested a one-time, $5 million lump payment for eligible Black San Franciscans to \u201credress the economic and opportunity losses (they) have endured.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislative bodies that commissioned the state and city reports \u2014 the California Legislature and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, respectively \u2014 are tasked with enacting the recommendations, but neither has indicated that reparative payments are coming soon, or at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor London Breed, the first Black woman to serve as San Francisco\u2019s chief executive, said&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/sf-reparations-funding-plan-prompts-city-hall-disagreement\/article_ecb549b6-1f5d-11ee-9970-0b2732f4cc6e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">she opposed cash payments<\/a>&nbsp;shortly before The City\u2019s reparations report was released this summer. Amos Brown, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/why-amos-brown-says-change-must-go-beyond-juneteenth-moment\/article_5b048a9a-0c7f-11ee-80ca-d33ca22d7c48.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">longtime civil rights leader<\/a>&nbsp;who served on San Francisco and California\u2019s task forces, told The Examiner in June that he opposed the $5 million figure, but not the idea of cash payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both committees were assembled in the wake of the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/how-sf-police-reform-have-changed-since-george-floyd-died\/article_c94fae88-0c81-11ee-8641-f3ffecc71915.html\" target=\"_blank\">2020 Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd<\/a>, as leaders across the state sought to address persistent disparities along racial lines. Sixty percent of statewide respondents to the IGS poll, and 69% of those in the Bay Area agreed a little, somewhat, or a great deal that \u201cthe legacy of slavery affects the position of Black people in California today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet that agreement didn\u2019t translate to majority support for financial remuneration among any of the groups polled, save for respondents who identified as Black (76%) or strong Democrats (52%). Reparations proposals in California and elsewhere have received prominent attention in conservative media, and 90% percent of respondents who identified as Republicans said they opposed the statewide proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public opinion polling on civil rights initiatives and legislation for African Americans has, historically, been nuanced and malleable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2020\/01\/16\/50-years-ago-mixed-views-about-civil-rights-but-support-for-selma-demonstrators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fifty-eight percent of Americans approved<\/a>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ropercenter.cornell.edu\/public-opinion-civil-rights-reflections-civil-rights-act-1964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act<\/a>&nbsp;in a Gallup poll shortly after it became law, for instance, but 68% said a month later that the law should be gradually, rather than strictly, enforced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poll after poll in the 1960s indicated opposition to the pace and tactics of the civil rights movement, and even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2023\/08\/10\/how-public-attitudes-toward-martin-luther-king-jr-have-changed-since-the-1960s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leaders like Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a>&nbsp;Six decades later, that\u2019s largely not the case, the Pew Research Center found in a poll published last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ninety-four percent of Americans polled last month had a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2023\/08\/10\/martin-luther-king-jr-s-legacy-60-years-after-the-march-on-washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">favorable view of King<\/a>, compared to the 41% in a May 1963 Gallup survey. Majorities of Americans whom Pew polled in August said boycotts (59%) and marches and demonstrations \u201cthat don\u2019t disrupt everyday life\u201d (70%) were always or often acceptable. In May 1964, months after the March on Washington, 74% of Gallup respondents said mass demonstrations were more likely to hurt African Americans\u2019 pursuit of racial equality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than half of registered voters in the Bay Area oppose cash payments to descendants of enslaved Black people as reparations, according to a statewide poll published this week. 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