This is the executive summary of the California Reparations Report. Even in its abbreviated form, it’s a long read. Today I want to focus on only one of the Report’s recommendations: namely that “the State of California will offer a formal apology on behalf of the people of California for the perpetration of gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity on African slaves and their descendants.”

Last night’s local news was dominated by reports of multiple criminals being shot, in some cases fatally, either by cops or by intended victims protecting themselves.

Aren’t you proud of the City of San Francisco for their massive crackdown on criminal drug dealing in the Tenderloin and South of Market? Finally, after all these years, the City That Knows How has decided to act with moral courage, instead of the craven indebtedness it exhibited for so long toward “progressives.”

If there’s one word I’m sick of hearing in the media, it’s “disparities.” Car stops…arrests…sentencing…imprisonment…police use of force…whenever there’s a slow news day, the Chronicle or KQED radio or Oaklandside or some other progressive outlet can run a panic story on disparities, and make it sound as if racism were running riot.

Oaklandside published an informative article revealing whom the major donors are of both the Recall and anti-Recall, or pro-Price, forces. In an analysis, Darwin BondGraham, who wrote the article, noted “Some of the biggest supporters of the recall are real estate companies and individuals who work in real estate development and management...”.