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California reparations: $800 billion plan could come unstuck by massive budget shortfall

By Jack Birle
Published May 8, 2023 7:21pm ET
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California reparations: $800 billion plan could come unstuck by massive budget shortfall
Copies of the interim report issued by California's first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans are seen at the Capitol in Sacramento, California, Thursday, June 16, 2022. | (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)


California‘s reparations task force voted to approve a plan to give eligible black residents payments for past discrimination — but it is still far from a sure thing.

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