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Alameda County reparations commission releases recommendations, schedules June 30 board review
Summary
The Alameda County Reparations Commission presented 12 priority areas informed by community listening sessions and a survey (now >400 responses), reviewed budget stewardship of $500,000 in project funds, acknowledged geographic sampling gaps and set the full Board of Supervisors review for June 30.
The Alameda County Reparations Commission presented its final recommendations on April 8 and said it will deliver the report to the full Board of Supervisors as a set item on June 30 for review.
"We finally have our recommendations," Chair Tara Gore said as she opened the meeting and described a framework built from a harms report, community listening sessions and state and international guidance.
The commission and its consultants summarized outreach and data collection at the meeting. Michael Arnold, executive director of Informing Change, said the project has received more than 400 surveys and that "roughly 83% identify as Black or African American," with about 70% of respondents identifying as women. Arnold said other findings included that 66% of respondents had been stopped, searched or questioned by police at some point in their lives, and…
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