Bipartisan California reparations bill advances to compensate victims of racial eminent domain – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Bipartisan California reparations bill advances to compensate victims of racial eminent domain – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

SACRAMENTO — Assemblywoman Tina McKinnor, D-Inglewood, has won bipartisan support for her bill aimed at helping victims of racially motivated eminent domain — and their descendants — recover lost property. On July 15, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved Assembly Bill 62 with a unanimous 13-0 vote. The bill now heads to the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations, where it is scheduled for a hearing Aug. 18 at the State Capitol Swing Spac…