San Francisco Open to Giving Black Residents $5 Mil Each in Reparations

San Francisco is among the few cities that seems to be critically contemplating reparations for its Black residents — and there are some onerous figures on the desk … from $1 to tens of millions.

SF’s Board of Supervisors — consisting of 11 members — heard a proposal this previous week that was put forth by a reparations committee — which shaped just a few years again, on the behest of the City, in the wake of the George Floyd protests throughout the nation.

On Tuesday, these of us shared their ideas on how to make issues proper with the African-American neighborhood … and so they landed on $5 million per eligible Black resident. There’s sure standards they’ve in thoughts … together with being no less than 18 years previous and having recognized as Black/African-American in public paperwork for no less than 10 years, amongst others.

There’s extra that folk might obtain beneath the draft reparations plan. In addition to the one-time $5M payout, the committee really helpful a assured fundamental earnings thereafter … in the quantity of $97,000/yr, for 250 years.

Plus, they’d have all their money owed and tax burdens cleaned, no questions requested. And lastly … single-family SF properties for only a buck. It appears every household can be allowed to purchase only one, though it is not fully clear.

In phrases of paying for all of this … the reparations committee did not have any solutions, as an alternative placing that burden on the supervisors themselves. The BOS, in flip, truly supported the proposal unanimously — and mentioned they may determine funding later.

The Board’s solely Black supervisor, Shamann Walton, has been main the cost on this … and says he desires the reparations package deal to be included in future City budgets.

BTW, not everybody agrees with the phrases laid out by the committee — which is made up Black leaders/neighborhood members in and round SF. One opponent is definitely the NAACP — which, whereas supporting the thought of reparations, just isn’t on board with the $5M money payouts … as an alternative calling for the main focus of funding to be in establishments, like colleges/housing, and so on.