The draft plan recommends eliminating personal debt and doling out guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 in addition to the hefty $5 million check.
The city’s Board of Supervisors will weigh the draft plan, which recommends eliminating personal debt and tax burdens and doling out guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years to an undetermined number of black citizens in addition to the hefty check.
“If you look at the report, you’ll see so many examples of how Black folks were done wrong here in San Francisco, and all of that can really be traced back to the negative effects of slavery, which traced back to negative policies across the country, San Francisco being no different,” said Supervisor Shamann Walton, who has been leading the board’s efforts to develop the reparations plan since...
The report, however, will not include a feasibility study to determine whether the city can afford to cumbersome feat.
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