One of the nation's most liberal cities voted Tuesday to publicly apologize to the city's Black residents for what they say is a historical injustice.
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution apologizing for “systemic and structural discrimination, targeted acts of violence, and brutality against African Americans and their descendants.” according to In city records.of solution The board's apology cited the legacy of slavery, historical discrimination, the disproportionate homelessness of African Americans, and the city's alleged racist policies.
“On behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors deeply apologizes to all African Americans and their descendants who have come to San Francisco,” the resolution reads. The board also pledged to “not repeat the policies and practices that have caused these harms.” (Related: San Francisco somehow finds a way to make it even harder to catch criminals)
The Board also commits to working toward “repairing the indignities that racism has inflicted on Black humanity” through “reparations, restoration, and rehabilitation,” and “providing real support to Black communities to address current issues and challenges.” “continued, systematic and planned investment''. Inequalities of the past.
The resolution says San Francisco remains a racist city. Reports say that the more overt racism of the past is “defined by inaction or lack of intervention regarding racial discrimination in employment, housing, education, health care, and the criminal justice system” and “increasingly sophisticated racial discrimination.” It has been replaced by “discrimination.” resolution.
The debate over providing city-funded reparations to African Americans goes back several years in San Francisco. The San Francisco Human Rights Commission and the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee recommended that all black residents over the age of 18 be given an annual guaranteed income worth $5 million. $100,000as reparations for historical racism.
San Francisco faces a $200 million deficit in fiscal year 2024. according to To the city.Mayor London Breed cut $4 million from proposed reparations office budget this year, Associated Press report.
The city's financial problems could worsen as major retailers and businesses close stores in San Francisco amid rising crime and drug use.
of @SFHumanRights The Commission and the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee are pleased to invite the community to consider the draft SF Reparations Plan.
read @ https://t.co/bihNk3TLWx……A public hearing is expected to be held soon (TBA). pic.twitter.com/W8OVxxgzwx
— SF Human Rights (@SFHumanRights) January 13, 2023
For some activists, determination alone is not enough. “Apologies are just cotton candy rhetoric,” said Amos C. Brown, a member of the San Francisco Reparations Advisory Council, according to the Associated Press. “What we need is concrete action.”
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors directed the Daily Caller News Foundation to publish a press release about the resolution's passage when asked for comment.
“This apology has been long overdue for Black San Francisco residents in order to repair the harms of the city's past,” Supervisor Sherman Walton said in a statement.
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