The California State Senate approved three significant reparations bills aimed at addressing the enduring impacts of slavery and systemic anti-Black racism within state and local governments. These bills now move to the Assembly for further consideration.
This legislative action is part of a broader reparations initiative introduced by the California Legislative Black Caucus earlier this year, which includes a total of twelve bills. These bills build on the comprehensive recommendations made by California’s Reparations Task Force in 2023 after two years of in-depth research and analysis.
Authored by Senator Steven Bradford from Southern California, who also served on the pioneering state reparations task force, the three bills passed on Tuesday are as follows: