San Francisco mayor quietly signs reparations fund that could lead to $5M payments per person

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie signed an ordinance creating a reparations fund that could grant eligible Black residents up to $5 million.

Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.

Any taxpayer-funded reparations payouts would require separate legislation, an identified funding source and mayoral approval. Lurie told Fox News Digital that no taxpayer money would be paid into the potential pot, given the city's $1 billion budget deficit.   You can send tips to michael.dorgan@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @M_Dorgan.

"I was elected to drive San Francisco’s recovery, and that’s what I’m focused on every day," Lurie said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "We are not allocating money to this fund — with a historic $1 billion budget deficit, we are going to spend our money on making the city safer and cleaner."