California reparations task force to vote on formal apology

California’s reparations task force is expected to vote Saturday on recommendations for a formal apology for the state’s legacy of slavery and discrimination against Black people. The group will sign off on key recommendations making up its final report before the proposals are put in the hands of state lawmakers. Two of the legislators are on the nine-member reparations committee. The group’s work is the first of its kind at the state level. The recommendations include creating an agency to provide services to descendants of enslaved people and compensating them for harms caused by the state.