California Reparations Committee Demands $5 Million For Planning Alone

California Governor Gavin Newsom (File) A task force charged with studying anti-black racism and developing a reparations payment plan says it needs millions of dollars and two more years to finish its job, according to KQED. The Alameda County Reparations Commission was formed in 2023 with a budget of $51,000 to determine how the Bay Area county can pay out reparations to black Americans harmed by the legacy of slavery, KQED reported. Behind schedule and claiming to be underfunded, the commission is now asking for $5 million in funding, an additional two years to complete its work and dedicated staff to help with its mission. Read: Colorado Sanctuary City Quietly Sending Illegal Immigrants To Red State Of Utah “$5 million and two years to research [reparations] is stupid and a grift,” local pro-reparations activist Seneca Scott said, according to the Washington Free Beacon. California’s eagerness for reparations programs has faded in recent months, with San Francisco sidelining a similar plan to compensate black residents for the purported harms of slavery and opting to issue an official apology to African-Americans on behalf of the city. California’s state legislature isn’t even considering cash transfers to African Americans, instead mulling proposals like subsidized...