California Task Force Approves Historic Reparations Plan Costing $800B

California's reparations task force has approved recommendations for compensating and apologizing to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies. The proposals include a public apology, the creation of a new agency to provide services to descendants of enslaved people, and calculations on what the state owes them in compensation. The task force's work has garnered nationwide attention, as efforts to research and secure reparations for African Americans elsewhere have had mixed results.