San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has signed a new ordinance establishing a reparations fund aimed at addressing the impacts of slavery and racial discrimination, following approval by the city’s Board of Supervisors earlier this month.
In a statement to Newsweek, Lurie underscored that the measure creates only the framework for a fund and does not allocate any city dollars.
“I was elected to drive San Francisco’s recovery, and that’s what I’m focused on every day,” Lurie said. “We are not allocating money to this fund—with a historic $1 billion budget deficit, we are going to spend our money on making the city safer and cleaner.”…