AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Alameda County approves reparations plan — and won't rule out cash payments
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 30 to accept a sweeping reparations action plan for Black residents, and the county supervisor leading the effort told Fox News Digital that direct cash payments remain on the table. The 5-0 vote came after more than two years of research and community engagement by […] The post Alameda County approves reparations plan — and won't rule out cash payments appeared first on American Almanac .
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 30 to accept a sweeping reparations action plan for Black residents, and the county supervisor leading the effort told Fox News Digital that direct cash payments remain on the table. The 5-0 vote came after more than two years of research and community engagement by the Alameda County Reparations Commission. The plan calls for major structural overhauls in housing, economic development, education, healthcare, and criminal justice, all aimed at addressing the historical treatment of Black residents in the East Bay county. But it is the question of taxpayer-funded cash that deserves the closest scrutiny. Supervisor Nate Miley, the District Four member described as the…Open