Coast Governor, Gavin Newsom, Strangely Silent on Reparations Plan That Would Pay $1.2 Million Each to Qualified Black Californians

For Mr. Newsom to be so quiet on an issue of such significance is unlike him.

AP/Jeff Chiu
Morris Griffin holds up a sign during a meeting of the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans at Oakland, California. AP/Jeff Chiu

Governor Newsom is uncharacteristically quiet in the wake of the approval of a reparations plan authored by a commission he himself created. As it currently stands, the proposal would offer up to $1.2 million each for Black Californians should they meet certain requirements about their residency and family lineage, and whether they’ve experienced “mortgage discrimination.” 

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