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Rules committee advances ordinance to create African American Reparations Advisory Committee and extends African American Arts & Cultural District committee
Summary
The Rules Committee voted to forward an ordinance establishing a 15-member African American Reparations Advisory Committee (to be housed under the Human Rights Commission) and separately approved amendments to extend and resize the African American Arts & Cultural District advisory committee.
The Rules Committee on Nov. 30 advanced an ordinance to create an African American Reparations Advisory Committee to advise the Board of Supervisors, the mayor and the Human Rights Commission on a citywide reparations plan and associated institutional reforms, and approved amendments to the African American Arts & Cultural District advisory committee that change its membership and extend its sunset and reporting deadlines.
Supervisor Shamann Walton introduced the reparations ordinance and described it as a response to long-standing structural inequities in San Francisco. Walton called for a committee that would "develop and implement a reparations plan" and said the advisory committee would be…
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