This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. George Floyd, a Black man who had been detained by Minneapolis police after a store clerk alleged he had used a ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed five laws advancing reparations for the descendants of enslaved people in California, but he vetoed ...

In September 2020,  amid the national uproar over the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his ...

But he vetoed five other reparations measures backed by the California Legislative Black Caucus, including one that would have allowed colleges to prioritize descendants of American slavery and ...

Senate Bill 518, authored by state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, creates the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery, which ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed preferential college admissions to descendants of enslaved ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed five laws advancing reparations for the descendants of enslaved people in California, but he vetoed ...

A growing reparations initiative in Detroit is helping Black residents access funding for homeownership and trace their ...

California creates the first reparations bureau, but Newsom’s vetoes of key bills raise doubts about the state’s real ...

A white millionaire governor not fully behind reparations for descendants of slavery doesn’t surprise columnist.

Situational politics led the California governor approved a comprehensive study in 2020, who now resists helping descendants ...