In the latest move that could end up bankrupting the state of California, it is now reportedly studying the possibility of giving out reparations to Black Americans. This comes even though the state entered the Union as a free state. This will happen because of a new law that was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday. The law calls for the creation of a “Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, with a Special Consideration for African Americans Who are Descendants of Persons Enslaved in the United States.”

California entered the Union as a free state and it has no history of legalized slavery. According to the Department of Parks and Recreation on its website: “In 1849, Californians sought statehood and, after heated debate in the U.S. Congress arising out of the slavery issue, California entered the Union as a free, non slavery state by the Compromise of 1850.”

The task force which is being called into creation by the law will look into the feasibility of giving out monetary payments to the descendants of slaves. Newsom said that he wants the law to be “a paradigm that we hope will be resonant all across the United States.” So he wants the whole country to give reparations to African Americans. The problem with reparations is that it would be paying those who were never slaves while the cost will be shouldered by those who never owned slaves. In a way, white taxpayers will be the ones shouldering the cost of the program. They are paying for a crime that they did not commit.

The task force itself has another problem. The text of the law states that “Members shall be drawn from diverse backgrounds to represent the interests of communities of color throughout the state.” That seems to mean that only people of color will be asked to join the task force against the state’s constitution since it bans discrimination based on race. It’s unlikely that will stop Newsom and his allies from going ahead with their liberal plans. Should they go ahead with paying out reparations, it would create even more problems within the state.