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Explore why California launched the first-in-the-nation task force to study reparations for Black people — and what reparations could mean for the state.

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J-Sei Home Closes After 30 Years, Leaving Bay Area Japanese Seniors in Need
Sensitive senior care options for Bay Area Japanese American families are dwindling. A decade ago, there were about 10 facilities in the region. Only half remain.
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SF’s Black Social Equity Program, Mired in Scandal, Is Being Revived and Rebranded
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Bay Area Japanese Americans Draw on WWII Trauma to Resist Deportation Threats
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Californians Voted Against Outlawing Slavery. Why Did Proposition 6 Fail?
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Forced Sterilization Survivors Undertake Own Healing After Feeling 'Silenced Again' by State
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$100 Million Is Coming to Deep East Oakland
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SF’s Black Social Equity Program, Mired in Scandal, Is Being Revived and Rebranded

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.
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Bay Area Japanese Americans Draw on WWII Trauma to Resist Deportation Threats

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.
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Californians Voted Against Outlawing Slavery. Why Did Proposition 6 Fail?

Voters in California appear to reject Proposition 6, a measure to end involuntary servitude as a punishment for crimes.
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Forced Sterilization Survivors Undertake Own Healing After Feeling 'Silenced Again' by State

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.
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$100 Million Is Coming to Deep East Oakland

After decades of disinvestment, Deep East Oakland residents will decide how this historic investment will be used.
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‘I Would Have Been a Great Mom’: California Finally Pays Reparations to Woman It Sterilized

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.
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Alameda County Reparations Commission Extended 2 Years With Slashed Budget

Alameda County extended the group’s mandate for two years, but the budget is less than 2% of what commissioners requested. With more time, the group is now reconsidering its goals.
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