Tony Thurmond emerges as only California gubernatorial candidate with clear reparations plan, promising loans for Black business owners and homebuyers.

New legislation authored by a San Diego lawmaker and just signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom creates an agency that will take key first steps toward reparations for Black Californians whose ancestors were ...

Morris Griffin holds a sign at the Reparations Task Force hearing at the March Fong Eu Secretary of State offices in Sacramento on June 29, 2023. (File photo by Semantha Norris/CalMatters) This story ...

Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Jefferson Park, speaks about his reparations bill on the Assembly floor on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed measures with potential economic benefits.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom dealt a blow to legislation linked to the state's groundbreaking reparations efforts on Wednesday. He vetoed Senate Bill 1050, which would have restored property taken ...

A state task force had been split on who should receive reparations. A California task force’s decision to limit reparations for slavery to people who can trace their lineage to free and enslaved ...

Are you curious about which reparations in California? Learn more here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 1050, a bill that would’ve created a state process for reviewing claims from people who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Among the 2026 California gubernatorial candidates, none appear to be a champion of reparations, even in the form of direct cash ...

Five years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom set in motion a process that would place on his desk a series of bills to advance reparations for California's descendants of slavery. Their arrival has revealed the ...