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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.

Senator Bradford discusses Senate Bill 2 on Police Decertification with Marla Tellez and Elex Michaleson. 

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CALIFORNIA, USA — California lawmakers are taking up a number of sweeping police reforms, including a measure that could strip some officers of their badges. The measures are quickly moving through the state legislature despite strong opposition.

“Since Oscar was murdered over 1,300 Californians have been killed. Only one officer has been convicted,” said Cephus “Uncle Bobby” Johnson who founded California’s Families United for Justice.

Johnson has been pushing for police reform since 2009, when his nephew Oscar grant was shot and killed by a BART police officer.

State Sen. Steven Bradford introduced a bill this week that, if it passes, will give L.A. County the authority to return a piece of land in Manhattan Beach to the descendants of the Black couple from whom it was wrongfully taken nearly a century ago.