Nearly 60% Of California Voters Oppose Cash Reparations For Slavery: Poll

California voters are against cash reparations for slavery by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a new poll.

Nearly 60% of California voters said they oppose cash reparations payments, compared with 28% who said they would support it, according to a University of California Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll.

More than 4 in 10 voters said they were “strongly” opposed to cash reparations, the poll found.

“It has a steep uphill climb, at least from the public’s point of view,” said Mark DiCamillo, the poll’s director.

California has been examining the possibility of reparations since 2020 when the country was reeling from George Floyd’s police custody death and the violent protests that followed.

In September 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed the law that set up the California Reparations Task

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