"SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Reparations for Black San Franciscans are back on the table after the Board of Supervisors gave final approval Tuesday of an ordinance to create a fund aimed at addressing harms caused by past discriminatory city policies.
"The measure does not allocate any initial city dollars, a move that may have helped secure support from the board's moderates after repeated years of city budget shortfalls. Instead, the ordinance establishes a framework to receive future contributions - whether through city appropriations or private donations."
How quintessentially progressive. A program with no funding yet. I suppose if the progressive billionaires want to fund it, there is no equal protection violation on the revenue side but there is on the administration side.
Remember: slavery was never lawful in San Francisco or California. San Francisco is also remarkable in having an 1850s civil suits by a black woman for discrimination on a streetcar which she won.
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