The man who would be King (Karl)
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Your next president, Kamrad Noisome, wants your land — you, he’ll dispose of as he sees fit
40-acres and a mule: Agricultural “reparations” in the once-great state of California
Newsom Wants to Take Away the Farm
For a peek into how California Governor Gavin Newsom would rule the country if elected President, look no further than his California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force. This ambiguous agency was buried within the state budget in 2022 during Newsom’s statewide Covid lockdown, when media was not allowed near the governor or Legislature.
“Established in the California Budget Act of 2022 (AB 179, Ting), the California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force is an independent 13-member body directed to ‘submit a report (by Jan. 1, 2026) to the Legislature and Governor…that includes a set of policy recommendations on how to address the agricultural land equity crisis.’”
The report the Equity Task Force recently released recommending a land grab from white farmers reads like a “How To” Marxism 101 manual at UC Berkeley.
One of their primary grievances is that “demographic trends in landownership differ greatly from those of agricultural labor in California;” i.e. not enough farm workers own the land on which they work.
By that logic, not enough teachers own the schools where they teach, or not enough dockworkers own the ships they load and unload.
This is their definition of agricultural land equity:
“Agricultural land equity is when all people have secure and affordable access to viable land for the care, relationship with, and cultivation of food, fiber, medicine, and cultural resources without systemic barriers, disparities, or exploitation.”
A Michigan Farm News article ran down some of the pretty harrowing options outlined in the task force's recommendations, which were later approved by the California legislature to expand farmland ownership among various minorities and tribes.
The “Golden State” — known as the epicenter for far-reaching and ill-informed initiatives, including the infamous Prop. 12 that banned gestation stalls and required cage-free housing for egg-producing chickens — appears poised to solidify that reputation, yet again.
...Approved by legislators in the California Budget Act of 2022, the 13-member task force is proposing several steps to redistribute agricultural land to “socially disadvantaged farmers,” claiming “diversity” will result in ecological benefits, environmental protection, and climate resiliency.
The proposal recommends several actions that would apply exclusively to certain minorities through the support and incentivization of:
The development of local ordinances that would restrict the purchase of land unless you are a certain minority.The purchase of private land by the state and other non-profits under the guise of agricultural land preservation and only offer leases to certain minority farmers after the purchase.
Exclusive leasing of existing state lands to certain minorities.
Exclusive funding for acquisition of agricultural land by certain minorities.
Exclusive tax credits to certain minorities for not only agricultural land but also infrastructure and student loans.
Transferring public land exclusively to tribes.
Transferring private land specifically to tribes, specifically to African Americans living in California, and exclusively to certain other minorities.
Debt forgiveness for only certain minorities.
The development of zoning laws that require “equitable” land access and specific climate-related agricultural practices.
The prioritization of conservation programs for certain minority farmers over other farmers.
Katie Grimes sees all sorts of ghastly outcomes if the state goes forward with this. Obviously, the first is that more precious, dwindling farmland is lost. She points out that for all the progressive pablum about the 'traditional stewards of the land, ' California's tribes aren't farmers - they own casinos.
And here are sone of Oakland’s Future Farmers of America stocking up in preparation for their new careers on confiscated land
Tenant farmers working their former farm, now Indian land:
