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The pandering to black Americans knows no bounds in the Left Coast state of California, as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a series of “reparations” bills on Thursday, including a formal apology for slavery.

Keep in mind that California never sanctioned slavery, entering the federal union as a free state in 1850.

With both feet firmly planted in the 19th century, the state legislature issued a formal apology in a document titled, “California Apology for the Perpetration of Gross Human Rights Violations and Crimes Against Humanity with special consideration for African Slaves and their Descendants.”

“As we confront the lasting legacy of slavery, I’m profoundly grateful for the efforts put forward by Chair Wilson and the members of the California Legislative Black Caucus,” Gov. Newsom said in a release.

“The State of California accepts responsibility for the role we played in promoting, facilitating, and permitting the institution of slavery, as well as its enduring legacy of persistent racial disparities,” the Democrat added. “Building on decades of work, California is now taking another important step forward in recognizing the grave injustices of the past — and making amends for the harms caused.”

The document references a reparations task force seated to address how California laws and policies “that continue to disproportionately and negatively affect African Americans as a group and perpetuate the lingering material and psychological effects of slavery can be eliminated.” The state has been under one-party Democrat rule for some time now.

After detailing a long list of grievances, many of them from nearly two centuries ago, the document gets down to business –  which is essentially the redistribution of wealth from those who had nothing to do with slavery to those who never experienced slavery.

“Resolved, The State of California apologizes for perpetuating the harms African Americans faced by having imbued racial prejudice through segregation, public and private discrimination, and unequal disbursal of state and federal funding and declares that such actions shall not be repeated,” the document reads.

“The State of California affirms its role in protecting the descendants of enslaved people and all Black Californians as well as their civil, political, and sociocultural rights,” the decree continues. “The State of California humbly asks for forgiveness from those affected by past atrocities, both deliberately and negligently, and acknowledges and affirms its responsibility to end ongoing harm. The State of California commits to restore and repair affected peoples with actions beyond this apology.”

Assemblymember Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr. (D), who served on the California Reparations Task Force, called the development a “monumental achievement.”

“This is a monumental achievement born from a two-year academic study of the losses suffered by Black Americans in California due to systemic bigotry and racism,” Jones-Sawyer said. “Healing can only begin with an apology. The State of California acknowledges its past actions and is taking this bold step to correct them, recognizing its role in hindering the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness for Black individuals through racially motivated punitive laws.”

Of course, the state is pretty much broke, so there’s that.

Newsom signed a state budget over the summer “to close an estimated $46.8 billion deficit through $16 billion in spending cuts and temporarily raising taxes on some businesses,” according to the Associated Press. California also has the nation’s largest amount of tax-supported debt outstanding at $96 billion in 2022, according to Moodys.

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