Newsom responded after a state task force calculated the cost at up to $1.2 million per person.
Beyond Gov. Gavin Newsom’s equivocation, any bills arising from the work of the task force in the coming years could face a challenging path to his desk. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesA state panel’s recommendation that California pay up to $1.2 million in slavery reparations is drawing a cool response from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“Dealing with that legacy is about much more than cash payments,” the governor said in a statement first published Tuesday by Fox News. “The Reparations Task Force’s independent findings and recommendations are a milestone in our bipartisan effort to advance justice and promote healing,” he said. While supporters hailed the panel’s creation as an unprecedented step toward reparations — a long-discussed way to compensate African Americans for the legacy of slavery and racism — Newsom’s comments underscore the political difficulty of achieving that goal.
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