Just so everyone is following what happened:
1. @GavinNewsom appointed a Reparations task force to come up with ways to repair targeted efforts against Black California residents who descend from U.S. slavery. The State acknowledges the racist efforts.
2. Task force finished their study and made a report in 2023. Senator drafts bills with recommendations, INCLUDING the creation of a state agency to handle disbursement of the restorative funds.
3. @CABlackCaucus ,members sponsor the bills, but REFUSED to call all of them to the floor during this session because at the last minute, Newsom suggested redirecting the money for the agency to instead fund MORE STUDIES after a two year effort was *just* completed.
4. The assembly used an unauthorized move to place the bills in an inactive status--something that ONLY the author should be allowed to do. This was done by a body of 62 Democrats to 18 Republicans.
5. Now, one of the only bills that moved forward from that session (to settle specific family's land seizure claims, that again, the STATE ADMITS TO STEALING) is vetoed because there is no agency to manage it. Newsom reneged on the agency in step 3.
This was a long-winded, disrespectful, expensive, and time-wasting way to say they are just as anti-black and anti-reparations as their conservative counterparts.
@CollinRugg For everyone responding that you don’t come to the door with a gun when the police knock, are you aware that criminals commonly misidentify theirselves?
As a law abiding citizen with a license to carry, while in your own home, it’s insane to think he could be wrong in any way
More business owners need to do this. Folks have this idea of entrepreneurship that just ISNT REALITY - or, it’s really freaking time consuming and costly.
It ain’t for everyone, and for the ones who excel and have longevity…. Yall are the real MVPs
#smallbusinessowner