VIII. Eligibility for Reparations
Checklist for eligibility:
REQUIRED:
- An individual who has identified as ‘Black/African American’ on public documents for at least 10 years - 18 years or older
You must meet at least TWO (2) criteria from the following list (must have supporting documentation):
- Born in San Francisco between 1940 and 1996 and has proof of residency in San Francisco for at least 13 years
- Migrated to San Francisco between 1940 and 1996 and has proof of residency in San Francisco for at least 13 years
- Personally, or the direct descendant of someone, incarcerated by the failed War on Drugs
- Record of attendance in San Francisco public schools during the time of the consent decree to complete desegregation within the school system
- Descendant of someone enslaved through US chattel slavery before 1865
- Displaced, or the direct descendant of someone displaced, from San Francisco by Urban Renewal between 1954 and 1973
- Listed, or the direct descendant of, a Certificate of Preference holder
- Member of an historically marginalized group that experienced lending discrimination in San Francisco between 1937 and 1968 or, subsequently, experienced lending discrimination in formerly redlined San Francisco communities between 1968 and 2008
https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/HRC%20Reparations...