While the federal government works to dismantle reparations programs, California counties are moving forward anyway. Alameda County's Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to approve a comprehensive reparations plan for Black residents covering education, housing, healthcare, Black economic development, and criminal justice reform. This happened despite the county having faced a $91 million budget deficit earlier this year. No direct cash payments yet. But they have not been ruled out. And in nearby Hayward, the Russell City Redress Fund has $1.3 million set aside for direct payments to survivors and descendants of a multiracial community that was bulldozed through eminent domain in the 1950s to make room for industrial development. This is what local action looks like when federal leadership fails. As Supervisor Nate Miley put it: "I wouldn't say it's a panacea, but I do believe it's definitely a part of the equation that could help African Americans." The reparations movement is moving...