California task force launches slave reparations task force

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A first-in-the-country task force in California to study and recommend reparations for African Americans is meeting for the first time. Slavery did not flourish in California as it did in southern states, but African Americans were still treated harshly. They continue to lag in home ownership, household income, health and educational attainment. Tuesday’s meeting comes as President Joe Biden commemorates the lives lost a century ago when a white mob killed people