The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a formal apology to the city’s Black residents for decades of systemic racial discrimination and harm.
According to The San Francisco Chronicle, “Dozens of people packed the San Francisco Board of Supervisors chamber Thursday to hear for the first time a resolution apologizing for the forced removal of Black communities from historic neighborhoods, ongoing tensions with the Police Department and underinvestment in key public services.”
“A task force set up by the city released recommendations last summer suggesting reparations to the city’s Black community, including potential $5 million payments meant to rectify some of the harm caused by generations of systemic racism. The task force also recommended issuing the apology,” the outlet continued.
A task force had previously recommended the apology and potential $5 million reparations payments.
The task force reportedly wrote that the San Francisco government “perpetuated racial inequity in our city, much of which is difficult to document due to historical erasure.”
While a proposed Office of Reparations was closed due to budget cuts, the resolution acknowledges laws and policies perpetuated inequity through historical erasure.
It aims to rectify harms like forced removal of Black communities and disinvestment.
The apology comes as a consolation amid failed efforts for cash reparations, as Mayor London Breed initially backed defunding police but later backtracked due to rising crime, and is also opposed to direct payments.
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