"California Reparations Committee Addresses Minimum Wage, Realistic Expectations, and Biased AI"

California's reparations task force has recommended that the state's minimum wage, already the nation's second highest at $15.50, be raised to a "living wage" as part of a broader set of proposals meant to make amends for slavery and racism. The task force argues that California's rate is "closer to a poverty wage than a living wage" due to the increased cost of living. The recommendations include several economic proposals meant to address "stolen labor" and "hindered opportunity" that contributed to alleged systemic racism against Black Californians. The task force has also called for initial "down payments" of up to $1.2 million for qualifying Black Californians while they wait for the purported full amount of money lost due to slavery and subsequent racism to be calculated.