Frustration and disappointment with the Democratic Party are at generational highs, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ quixotic effort to provide reparations for black Americans is a case study that illustrates why.

Almost three years ago, the city’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee released its first report, recommending that the city give $5 million to every eligible black adult, guarantee $97,000 in annual free income to the city after that, and allow eligible recipients to buy homes in the city for just $1.