Black state residents could be eligible for as much as $223,200 per person if the California Reparations Task Force is correct.
The housing wealth gap is the reason for the number. According to the task force, the policies cost black residents over $5,000 a year.
In March, the task force passed a motion detailing eligibility based on an individual being an African American descendant of a chattel enslaved person or the descendant of a free Black person living in the US prior to the end of the 19th century.
Approximately 7 percent of Californians are expected to be eligible for some form of compensation.
The task force's approach could potentially exclude Black immigrants since it was based on lineage. Cal Matters reported in March that the motion split the group with five voting in favor and four against.
We need to include present-day and future harms. A task-force member told Cal Matters that the system that people are advocating for will notbate the harms ofracism.
Tom Fitton, president of the conservative watchdog organization Judicial Watch, called the proposed payouts the nation's largest ever.
The creation of the Reparations Task Force was done in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.
A bill that would have extended the deliberations of the task force was vetoed by the governor.
The final recommendations from the Reparation Task Force are expected to be submitted in June of 2020. The California state legislature will have to approve any recommendations made by the task force.
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