Track the Success of California’s 14 Reparations Bills for Black Residents

Table of contents Assembly Constitutional Amendment 7: Allow the state to fund race-based programs. Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8: Ban involuntary servitude in state prisons. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 135: Acknowledge the residual impact of slavery in California. Assembly Bill 280: Limit solitary confinement in state prisons. Assembly Bill 1815: Prohibit discrimination based on hair texture and style. Assembly Bill 1929: Allow deeper analysis of technical education grants. Assembly Bill 1975: Require Medi-Cal to broaden food and nutrition coverage. Assembly Bill 1986: Limit book bans in state prisons. Assembly Bill 2064: Create grant program to decrease violence. Assembly Bill 2862: Require licensing boards to prioritize Black applicants. Assembly Bill 3089: Formal apology for slavery and systemic discrimination. Assembly Bill 3131: Target economic support to formerly redlined communities. Senate Bill 1050: Compensation for land taken by eminent domain.  Senate Bill 1089: Require advance notice for grocery and pharmacy closures. Author: Assemblymember Corey Jackson (D-Riverside) What it would do: Allow the state to fund programs designed to improve the health, education or economic well-being of “specific groups based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin or marginalized genders or sexual orientations.” It would amend Proposition 209, the state’s ban on affirmative action in government policy....