Sheryl Davis, the executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, is currently in talks with the City Attorney’s Office to push for the initiative. She is hoping to begin talks with supervisors in the next few months, according to Mission Local.

San Francisco’s reparations task force held its final meeting last night, closing the book on the subject—for now.

That comes a month after Breed pulled funding for a reparations office.

But there was talk of a potential HBCU in the city…

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The plan is still in its initial phases, she noted. Davis has been leading discussions with HBCUs such as Tuskegee University, the University of the District of Columbia and Howard University.

San Francisco would have to partner with one of the 103 existing HBCUs, as institutions designated as such were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The news comes as San Francisco made cuts of around $75 million to its budget in December. This led to a planned reparations office being eliminated — putting the initiative off the table. 

“I want to apologize to the Black community that we don’t have more to announce tonight,” committee member Gloria Berry said on Monday during a final meeting on Monday.

Davis assured the work is not over.

“The committee is sunsetting, but the work continues,” she said.