San Francisco Board of Supervisors member calls for $50 million ‘Office of Reparations’: 'It is time'
San Francisco's reparations proposal could include a $50 million "Office of Reparations" that would include a database to vet eligible citizens, according to a recommendation from one of the city's Board of Supervisors members. On Tuesday, Board member Shamann Walton called on his colleagues to support a "supplemental appropriation" of $50 million for the "Office of Reparations" and approval recommendations within the fiscal year. "The supplemental will specifically be for reparations only and it will guarantee money in this budget cycle," Walton said during a March 21 Board meeting. NEWSOM UNDER PRESSURE TO TAKE EXECUTIVE ACTION ON REPARATIONS IF CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE DOESN'T ACT Following the meeting, Walton released a statement, reiterating his call for the money to "establish the Office of Reparations" and "provide funds to create a database to start storing and vetting eligibility for reparations (in order to ...
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