SAN FRANCISCO - A first-in-the-nation task force in California to study and recommend reparations for African Americans held its inaugural meeting Tuesday, launching a two-year process to address the harms of slavery and systemic racism despite the federal government’s inaction.The nine members of the task force, appointed by Gov.
Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders, include the descendants of slaves who are now prominent lawyers, academics and politicians.
The group’s newly elected chair is a young lawyer who specializes in intellectual property, and their vice-chair is a longtime civil rights activist arrested with the Rev.