California's reparations board has been told to increase the amount given to each black resident from $5 million to $7.6 million - as one economist said the proposed $800 billion budget was not enough.
The figures were mooted as the Golden State's reparations committee held a hearing in Sacramento on Wednesday - their 13th since launching in June 2021.
The group have until July 1 to provide their complete set of recommendations.
Wednesday's hearing was the first since San Francisco's Board of Supervisors began debating 111 preliminary recommendations issued by their own reparations panel - the most headline-grabbing of which included $5 million per black person; guaranteed income of at least $97,000; houses for $1 and personal debt forgiveness for qualifying individuals.