Reparations bill floated in state assembly

The protests in the wake of the murder of George Floyd is drawing renewed interest in a bill working its way quietly through the California legislature: AB 3121 addresses- yes- the controversial topic of reparations.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday he welcomed the rage of protesters as long as they are peaceful, but he denounced unnamed groups of anarchists and others who used the demonstrations to tag graffiti on buildings, burn banks, shatter store windows and run off with armloads of goods. Newsom said he had called up 4,500 National Guard troops to supplement overwhelmed police in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Long Beach and Santa Monica.