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California Reparations: A Movement for Justice, Unity & Equity

Stand with communities across California in endorsing reparations and advancing lasting equity and justice.

The Mission

California’s Reparations movement is about acknowledging harm, restoring justice, and unifying communities

Your endorsement helps show public support for policy that uplifts generations harmed by systemic injustice.
Together, we can move toward a fairer future — one signature at a time

Community leaders and commissioners speaking at Los Angeles reparations public forum

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced

James Baldwin

What is the Los Angeles Reparations Advisory Commission?

The Reparations Advisory Commission was established in 2021 as a Blue-Ribbon Task Force by Mayor Eric Garcetti. The Commission is composed of local leading voices in activism, academia, law, and racial justice. The Commission’s work is centered on LA’s jurisdiction since the City’s 1925 Charter, and has five objectives:

Develop and recommend on the format and goals of reparations for Black Angelenos

Seek opportunities to fund the reparations

Identify an academic partner to assist in the formal process of developing

the program

Maintain an active relationship with community-based organizations and key stakeholders

Engage relevant experts to inform the development of the program

ENDORSEMENTS

The following organizations have endorsed the “Final Report” of the Los Angeles Reparations Advisory Commission and the Commission’s Final Recommendations. Unless otherwise noted, the organizations listed have endorsed the Los Angeles Advisory Commission and its five objectives.

The listing of each entity here does not constitute an endorsement by/ or of the other entities on this list.