FILE – From left, state Sen. Steven Bradford, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, task force member Lisa Holder and Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer hold up a final report of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans during a hearing in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 29, 2023. California’s Legislative Black Caucus released a slate of reparations bills this week that strive to implement ideas from a landmark task force that studied the issue for two years. The proposals include a formal apology from the state, for its role in facilitating slavery and compensation for property seized from Black owners.