Reparations in CaliforniaReparations in California

Despite the targeting of DEI by the Trump administration, racial and restorative justice advocates at a conference in Oakland see an opportunity to advance the reparations movement.

One hundred and twenty-seven years ago, the Supreme Court case of San Francisco resident Wong Kim Ark set the precedent for birthright citizenship — and last week, the city honored his legacy.

For four years, a contentious battle has raged over whether San Mateo’s Baywood neighborhood should be a historic district. The City Council is urging California not to take action.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said the Dream Keeper Initiative is resuming under a new name and with “accountability at its core” months after allegations of corruption and misspending.

President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite deportations has rekindled trauma for Japanese Americans who were relocated and imprisoned during World War II.

Voters in California appear to reject Proposition 6, a measure to end involuntary servitude as a punishment for crimes.

A law required California to involve survivors in memorializing the state's history of forced sterilization. Survivors say that didn’t happen — so they undertook their own project of healing.

After decades of disinvestment, Deep East Oakland residents will decide how this historic investment will be used.

California, over decades, sterilized thousands of people in state prisons, state-run homes and hospitals. Lawmakers created a reparations program for them, but it has denied most applications.