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Budget committee continues $50 million appropriation for Office of Reparations after public support
Summary
The San Francisco County Budget & Appropriations Committee continued an ordinance to appropriate $50 million from general-fund reserves to the Human Rights Commission to establish an Office of Reparations and implement reparations task-force recommendations; public commenters urged the board to move forward. The motion to continue to the call of the chair passed 3–0 with two members absent.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Budget & Appropriations Committee on June 28 considered an ordinance appropriating $50,000,000 from general-fund reserves to the Human Rights Commission to establish an Office of Reparations and implement approved recommendations for fiscal year 2022–23, then voted to continue the item to the call of the chair after public comment.
Chair Supervisor Connie Chan opened the special meeting and called the item for public comment. Supervisor Shamone Walton framed the appropriation as funding to "fully staff the office, provide administrative and fiscal support," and to "research individuals who will qualify" as part of carrying out recommendations from the African American Reparations Advisory Committee (the reparations task force). Walton moved to continue the item to the call of the chair; Chan seconded the motion.
Why it matters: The appropriation would fund the…
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