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★ The Reparations Tracker

One Stop for Every
Active Commission

Across the country, state legislatures and city councils have opened formal studies into the legacy of slavery, redlining, and systemic economic harm to Black communities — each with its own commission, mandate, and timeline. Reparations Station gives every one of those bodies a dedicated page: who they are, what they've been asked to do, and a running timeline of what they've actually done.

No task force here issues direct financial compensation today. Their official function is research and formal policy recommendation to lawmakers — we track the process so the community doesn't have to chase it down county by county.

★ Task Forces & Commissions
● Active — Tracking
Great Seal of the State of New York
State & City
New York
NYSCCRR · NYC CORE
A nine-member state commission and a New York City truth, healing & reconciliation process — both studying slavery's legacy and systemic harm to Black New Yorkers.
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 ● Active — Tracking
African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission
State
Illinois
African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission
Released a landmark harms report in February 2026 and is now moving into the policy recommendation phase — with a statewide survey open now.
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 ● Active — Tracking
Seal of the State of Washington
State
Washington
Reparative Action Study · Truclusion
The Charles Mitchell and George Washington Bush Study published its preliminary report in June 2026 — final policy recommendations are due in 2027.
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 ● Active — Tracking
Maryland flag, cropped: gold-and-black and red-and-white quadrants
State
Maryland
Maryland Reparations Commission
Created in December 2025 when lawmakers overrode Gov. Wes Moore's veto. Its members are still being named, and its reports are now due in 2028.
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 ● Delivered — Awaiting Action
California bear on grass above a red stripe, cropped from the state flag
State & City
California
CA Reparations Task Force · SF Reparations Plan
The nation's first state task force delivered a 1,075-page report in June 2023. The state has passed an apology and a Descendants Bureau, but no cash program — and San Francisco's fund holds no city money.
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 ● Active — Tracking
Fulton County emblem: a tree inside a blue and orange ring
Local
Fulton County, GA
Fulton County Reparations Task Force
Released a 600-plus-page Harm Report in April 2026. The Board extended the task force through 2027 to deliver a Repair Report — no compensation has been recommended yet.
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 ● Delivered — Awaiting Action
City of Detroit logo
Local
Detroit, MI
Detroit Reparations Task Force
Delivered a 558-page report in October 2025, then dissolved at year's end. City Council has adopted nothing, and no body is carrying the work forward.
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 ● Delivered — Awaiting Action
The Common Seal of the City of St. Louis, showing a riverboat
Local
St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Reparations Commission
Delivered a 124-page report in October 2024. The city never funded the commission, and no plan to act on its recommendations has been announced.
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Coming Soon
Local
Evanston, IL
Evanston Reparations Program
The nation's first municipal reparations program with direct housing payments to eligible Black residents — implemented and ongoing since 2019.
Coming Soon
Local
San Francisco, CA
SF Reparations Proposal
A detailed reparations proposal drafted by the city's African American Reparations Advisory Committee, now awaiting city action.
★ Know a state or local task force we should add? Nominate it through Grassroots Spotlight or reach out to the council. Directory informed in part by the CRDJ Reparations Tracker.