{"id":121344,"date":"2026-01-05T22:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/121344\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T22:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:16:14","slug":"san-francisco-mayor-signs-ordinance-creating-reparations-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/121344\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Mayor Signs Ordinance Creating Reparations Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Daniel Lurie has signed an ordinance establishing a reparations fund<\/a> for San Francisco\u2019s Black residents, per KTVU<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The measure, approved unanimously by the Board of Supervisors on December 16, creates a framework for a reparations fund for Black residents who can demonstrate they experienced documented harm in San Francisco. The ordinance doesn’t, however, allocate any city money for direct payments.<\/p>\n

Lurie signed the ordinance into law last week without a public announcement, press release, or social media post. In a statement, Lurie emphasized the city\u2019s financial constraints. The mayor has said the fund may accept private donations and that if money becomes available, the city would oversee distribution to eligible recipients.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was elected to drive San Francisco\u2019s recovery, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m focused on every day,\u201d Lurie said. \u201cWe are not allocating money to this fund \u2014 with a historic $1 billion budget deficit, we are going to spend our money on making the city safer and cleaner.”<\/p>\n

The announcement comes after McDonnell’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee released a more than 400-page report in 2023, outlining over 100 recommendations to address historic harms, including housing displacement, discriminatory policies and economic exclusion. One proposal called for a one-time $5 million payment to each eligible individual.<\/p>\n

Eric McDonnell, former chair of the African American Reparations Advisory Committee<\/a>, said the new ordinance is a “step in the right direction. It by no means demonstrates or represents a full-on commitment to making something happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would argue that the city is accountable for not just investing in this fund, but for supporting in all the ways possible the recommendations of our plan, including financial repair,\u201d McDonnnell added.<\/p>\n

Hardline critics of the ordinance argue that the move could still burden taxpayers, even without direct payouts. Conservative columnist and political commentator Richie Greenberg claimed the measure could require new city bureaucracy and lead to costly legal challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I learned that he signed this \u2014 disillusionment, disappointment,\u201d Greenberg said. \u201cI had hoped that he would have said, you know, this is something that we don\u2019t need at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though it is true that there were injustices in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s against the city\u2019s African American population, that does not mean individual taxpayers 20, 30, 50 years later should be held responsible,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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