San Francisco Office of Reparations budget gets gutted by Democratic mayor as city faces deficit

Read this article for free! Plus get unlimited access to thousands of articles, videos and more with your free account! Please enter a valid email address. By entering your email, you are agreeing to Fox News Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. To access the content, check your email and follow the instructions provided. San Francisco’s Office of Reparations‘ $2M budget was cut, leaving the future of the move to compensate Black residents with billions to repair the wrongs of slavery shrouded in uncertainty as the city anticipated a deficit in 2024.  San Francisco’s proposed reparation payments to eligible Black residents were once estimated to cost over $100 billion, as was previously reported. But now, Mayor London Breed, a Democrat, has cut the Office of Reparations to deal with an expected deficit in 2024. However, the high cost was viewed as “unrealistic” for a city already struggling with its budget and a lack of agreement over the issue. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors had previously considered doling out $5 million each to qualifying Black residents in reparations as a way to make amends for slavery. A majority of Californians do not support...