San Francisco is apologizing to its black residents for "discrimination" and "targeted acts of violence," among other things, but residents are still calling for reparations.
"On behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors offers its deepest apologies to all African Americans and their descendants who came to San Francisco and were victims of systemic and structural discrimination, institutionalize[d] racism, targeted acts of violence, and atrocities," the city's Board of Supervisors said in a resolution that passed unanimously Tuesday.
The San Francisco board had given unanimous support in March 2023 for reparations that would give eligible black residents $5 million each and guaranteed yearly income of at least $97,000 for the next quarter of a millennium.