The fight for reparations in California continues

The L.A. Standard Newspaper needs your support so that we can continue to create positive stories about Black communities. $20, $50, $100, $500, $1,000. Any amount would be greatly appreciated. -Jason Douglas Lewis, Owner/Publisher. Donations can be made through Cash App https://cash.app/$LAStandard, Venmo https://venmo.com @LA-Standard-Newspaper, PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lastandardnewspaper, and GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-blackowned-los-angeles-standard-newspaper. Checks can be mailed to 2415 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008 Shop Black Los Angeles! T-shirts and sweatshirts. https://lastandardnewspaper.com/index.php/shop-black-los-angeles.html By Jason Lewis It appeared to be inevitable that California was going to pass two historic reparation bills in late August, but a shocking turn of events has led to heated confrontations within Black communities as the bills were not voted on by the California State Assembly. Since then, grassroots organizations have held town hall meetings in Leimert Park and Inglewood, and they held a press conference in front of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office.  Leaders within the reparation movement as well as a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus have spoken at the town hall meetings, as well as on Tavis Smiley’s and Dominique DiPrima’s shows on KBLA Talk 1580. California Senator Steven Bradford’s bills 1403 and 1331 would have created a Freedmen Affairs...