SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Help for Black first-time homebuyers, homeowners’ mortgage assistance and property tax relief for neighborhoods walled off by historic redlining are among the slate of reparations bills introduced to undo the legacy of racial inequity in California.
“Many Californians were denied the ability to prosper and build generational wealth as a result of racial bias,” said state Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, the housing bills’ author and vice chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus. “We must remove the stain.”