Mayor Daniel Lurie has signed an ordinance establishing a reparations fund for San Francisco’s Black residents, per KTVU.
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.
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’s 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…