Sacramento has taken the first steps toward pursuing reparations for descendants of slaves at the local level by passing a citywide resolution at the Dec. 3 City Council meeting.
Aimée Zenzele Barnes, manager of the city’s Office of Equity and Diversity, emphasized that this resolution simply paves the way toward establishing a reparations program, but that it is years away. “There is a lot of work to do. It’s not like we’re cutting checks next year,” Barnes said.