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The chair of California's Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans has hit out at reports that the group plans to recommend that $225,000 will be handed out to each person applying for the program.

In a series of interviews on December 13, Kamilah V. Moore said that the figure presented to the committee by an economic research team represents the state of California's 'maximum culpability' for housing discrimination. 

It only applies to people who were impacted by housing discrimination between 1933 and 1977, and not just black people.

Moore said: 'In reality, that number would be minimized when you take into account the fact that the task force decided in March that the community of eligibility would be lineage based rather than race based.'

She added: 'When you really look at who was really impacted by housing discrimination during that particular time period it most likely won't be all black folks.'

In a separate interview on Spectrum News, Moore pointed out the need for a Bureau of African American affairs in order to handle the payments, pointing to the success of the Bureau of Indian Affairs record of handling similar issues for Native Americans. 

 The group will meet Wednesday and Thursday for their final public meetings. 

The Reparations Task Force will congregate this week after being formed by California Governor Gavin Newsom's signing of a bill in 2020. 

Among the questions that are expected to be addressed are when prospective recipients' 'harm' started, and how the 'form of payment' can properly align with the 'estimates of damage.' 

The official agenda's release comes just days after estimates indicated that California descendants of slaves and those impacted by racial setbacks could see upwards of $220,000 per person. 

 According to the New York Times, the focus is to address 'housing discrimination' in the state which occurred between 1933 and 1977. As many as 2.5 million black Californians could receive payments.  

The nine-person task force is comprised of Chair Kamilah Moore, Vice Chair Dr. Amos C. Brown, San Diego Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe, California State Senator Steven Bradford, Dr. Cheryl Grills, Lisa Holder, Donald K. Tamaki, Jovan Scott Lewis, and Reginald Jones Sawyer. 

The group is tasked with examining how the state can pay black residents back for 'racial terror' and 'enduring the economic effects' of racism and slavery. 

Moore, Chair of the panel, has stated she plans to be as 'radical as possible' when it comes to her role on the task force, looking at how much to give and who will receive the money. 

The meetings held Wednesday and Thursday in California will include discussions on 'enslavement,' 'the wealth gap,' 'political disenfranchisement,' 'mass incarceration,' and 'housing discrimination,' according to the agenda. 

Public comment will also be taken briefly on both days.

Cities participating in Wednesday's witness panel include Los Angeles, Oakland, Culver City, Sacramento, Vallejo, and Alameda. 

Just under an hour has been allocated on Wednesday to 'educating the public' and 'formal apologies,' the agenda states. 

The group will discuss unfinished business and potential action Thursday around 4.45pm before officially adjourning. It's unclear when the exact numbers and information will eventually be released. 

The Reparations Task Force officially has until June 2023 to submit its final

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