What reparations for California’s ties to slavery might look like

California is the first state in the nation to establish a task force to research and develop proposals on how to make reparations for African Americans.

Senator Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, who represents the state's 35th District, was recently appointed to the California Reparations Task Force. He tells Inside the Issues he’s extremely excited to have a seat at the table for this historic discussion.

“I almost fell out of my chair because I'm passionate about this, because I've been following the remnants of slavery and the promises that were being made to African Americans since the Emancipation Proclamation, and we've fallen short of all of those promises,” Bradford said.

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