California Assemblyman Bill Essayli has reintroduced a bill that would create a government agency responsible for helping ...

*Assembly Bill (AB) 62, authored by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (Inglewood), passed in the Assembly with a 66-4 vote on Sept. 9. It now advances to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for a signature or veto by ...

*In a move supporting vulnerable communities, the 2024 California budget agreement has earmarked $103 million in one-time funding for victims’ services programs and Reparations Bill Implementation.

The bill opens the door to the state paying reparations to Black Californians, especially those who are descendants of slaves. California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that may lead to the ...

Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, D- CA 39, poses in this undated photo. The creation of a Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery in California is a first-in-the-nation step toward moving reparations ...

Are you curious about which reparations in California? Learn more here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 1050, a bill that would’ve created a state process for reviewing claims from people who ...

This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. How do you advance Black reparations when the federal government has fully embraced anti-Blackness and is hellbent on ...

Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Jefferson Park, speaks about his reparations bill on the Assembly floor on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com The Legislative Black Caucus took a ...

Located near Hayward in Alameda County, Russell City was once home to mostly Black, Latino and poor white families boxed out of other Bay Area neighborhoods by redlining and the cost of living. But in ...