San Francisco Votes Yes on Reparations Fund for Black Residents While $1B in the Red

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The City is Billion Dollars in Debt

San Francisco just created a reparations fund that could one day pay Black residents $5 million each. The catch is the fund has no money, no funding source, and the city is staring down a $1 billion deficit.

The Board of Supervisors voted 11-0 to establish the framework, and Mayor Daniel Lurie signed it two days before Christmas without any public announcement.

The plan traces back to a neighborhood that was once the heart of Black culture on the West Coast, and what happened next explains why this vote matters at all.

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Supervisors Vote 11-0 for Reparations

On December 16, 2025, every member of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted yes on an ordinance creating a Reparations Fund for Black residents…

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