San Francisco to Apologize, Renew Reparations Push

San Francisco is ready to apologize for its role in decades of discrimination against Black residents, making the city one of the first in the nation to address reparations and cash payments.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Thursday unveiled the draft resolution that apologizes for the forced removal of Black communities from historic neighborhoods, ongoing tensions with the police department, and underinvestment in key public services, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

The seven-page draft says San Francisco has a long history of creating laws, policies, and institutions that have “perpetuated racial inequity in our city, much of which is difficult to document due to historical erasure.”

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