The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voiced support for a massive reparations payout with some saying money should not stop the city from doing the right thing. Some of the recommendations include: payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family.
Board President Shamann Walton said: “If you look at the draft report, you’ll see so many examples of how black folks were done wrong here in San Francisco, and all of that can really be traced back to the negative effects of slavery,’ Walton said last night.
Sgt. Yulanda Williams, the president of the police association Officers for Justice, said: “My dad always taught me never to beg. And I am not begging you today. It is time for you to do the right thing and provide us with reparations: make us whole.”
Tinisch Hollins, vice-chair of the African American Reparations Advisory Committee, said:
“I don’t need to impress upon you the fact that we are setting a national precedent here in San Francisco.
“What we are asking for and what we’re demanding for is a real commitment to what we need to move things forward.”
This is who qualifies for reparations under the AARC plan:
An individual who has identified as ‘Black/African American’ on public documents for at least 10 years
18 years or older
You must also meet two of these eight criteria, and be able to prove it:
Born in San Francisco between 1940 and 1996 and has proof of residency in San Francisco for at least 13 years
Migrated to San Francisco between 1940 and 1996 and has proof of residency in San Francisco for at least 13 years
Personally, or the direct descendant of someone, incarcerated by the failed War on Drugs
Record of attendance in San Francisco public schools during the time of the consent decree to complete desegregation within the school system
Descendant of someone enslaved through US chattel slavery before 1865
Displaced, or the direct descendant of someone displaced, from San Francisco by Urban Renewal between 1954 and 1973
Listed, or the direct descendant of, a Certificate of Preference holder
Member of an historically marginalized group that experienced lending discrimination in San Francisco between 1937 and 1968 or, subsequently, experienced lending discrimination in formerly redlined San Francisco communities between 1968 and 2008
A reparations recommendation is before San Francisco officials.
On the list:
-$5 million to every eligible Black adult.
-eliminating personal debt & tax burdens
-guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97K for 250 years
-homes in SF for just $1 a familyhttps://t.co/2v8k9k0DP4 pic.twitter.com/g2TPDGQAEp— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 15, 2023
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Has Been Given Notice:
My notice that the Reparations Plan violates numerous CA State and Federal laws has been delivered to each of the Supervisors, and recorded as proof in today’s meeting agenda. Its now part of the official record. pic.twitter.com/2V6I4ys4j9— Richie Greenberg (@richieSF2016) March 15, 2023
