California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have created a process for Black families to file claims for land taken through discriminatory use of eminent domain. The eminent domain bill was inspired by a 2022 case where Los Angeles area officials returned beachfront property to a Black couple a century after its unjust seizure.
Democratic Sen. Steven Bradford, the bill’s author, viewed the proposal as a crucial step toward reparations and correcting historical wrongs.
The veto dealt a significant blow to a key part of the California Legislative Black Caucus’s reparations package aimed at addressing decades of racial disparities.
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The Department of Finance opposed the bill, citing potential annual costs ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.
The Newsom administration proposed allocating $6 million to California State University to fund a study on a reparations task force, signaling a potential shift from direct action to further research.
