Sorry: California, a Free State, Apologizes for Slavery as Newsom Signs Reparations Bills

Gavin Newsom reparations (Office of the Governor)
Office of the Governor

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a series of “reparations” bills on Thursday, including a formal apology for slavery, even though the state entered the Union as a free state in 1850.

The apology reads, in part:

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