California reparations taskforce to release report on recommendations

First-in-the-nation body will detail harms to African Americans and recommend steps to address those wrongs

California's first-in-the-nation taskforce on reparations for African Americans will release a report on Wednesday documenting in detail the harms perpetrated by the state and recommending steps to address those wrongs, including expanded voter registration, making it easier to hold violent police accountable and improving Black neighborhoods.

It also recommends the creation of a special office that would, in part, help African Americans descended from free or enslaved Black people in the country at the end of the 19th century document their eligibility for financial restitution.