What’s Next for San Francisco’s Slavery Reparations Plan?

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🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In September, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors reviewed a 400-page report outlining more than 100 recommendations on how to provide reparations for the city’s African-American residents. Proposals include establishing a city office dedicated to reparations, programs to support Black-owned businesses, and cash payments to individuals, a suggestion that has stirred controversy. A city commission developed the plan after nearly three years of work, which mirrors a statewide reparations study that is ongoing. We’ll talk about San Francisco’s recommendations, the harms they are meant to repair and what San Franciscans think about it. Guests: Otis R. Taylor Jr., managing editor of news, KQED Don Tamaki, member, California Reparations Task Force; partner, Minami Tamaki LLP Eric McDonnell, chair, San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee Alison Ford, Bay Area native; descendant of people who were enslaved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.
0:46.5	Over the last few years, the conversation about reparations has become increasingly specific.
0:52.3	Several individual efforts have been launched,
0:54.5	and alongside the massive California State Reparations Report,
0:58.3	the City of San Francisco established a committee.
1:01.4	In September, the SF Board of Supervisors
1:03.6	reviewed the 100 recommendations made by that committee,
1:06.6	which include establishing a city office
1:08.7	dedicated to reparations, programs to support black-owned businesses,
1:12.6	and cash payments to individuals.
1:14.8	We'll talk about San Francisco's efforts
1:16.6	and the broader movement for reparations.
1:19.5	That's all coming up next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. The place to start this conversation, I think,
1:39.8	is acknowledging that black people in the United States, in California, in San Francisco,
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