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Black and Latino families reach tentative settlement with Palm Springs over razed homes
The Palm Springs City Council will vote tonight on the settlement offer. It comes decades after city employees and the Fire Department destroyed an estimated 197 homes on tribal land downtown.
Palm Springs, Calif., to vote on $5.9M in reparations for former Black, Latino residents
The Palm Springs, Calif., City Council is expected to vote Thursday on a reparations settlement for former residents of a mostly Black and Latino neighborhood destroyed for commercial development in the 1960s.
Palm Springs expected to vote on Section 14 settlement at council meeting
The Palm Springs City Council is set to vote tonight on a proposed settlement with the Section 14 Survivors group, a historic step in addressing the city’s role in displacing minority residents in the 1950s and 1960s.
Palm Springs Reaches Nearly $6 Million Reparations Deal With Former Section 14 Residents
The City Council is expected to vote on the settlement for residents of a neighborhood that burned more than 50 years ago. It could also consider another $21 million for community programs.
Black and Latino families displaced from Palm Springs neighborhood reach tentative settlement
Black and Latino families who were displaced from a Southern California neighborhood in the 1960s have reached a tentative settlement agreement with the city of Palm Springs.
Palm Springs strikes tentative $27M deal on landmark reparations settlement
The desert resort city is one of the first in the nation to reach such a deal, which received backing from politicians like Sen. Laphonza Butler.
Palm Springs Council Approves $5.9 Million Reparations Deal for Displaced Section 14 Residents
Palm Springs city council approves a $5.9 million reparations settlement for former residents of the Section 14 neighborhood, displaced in the 1960s. Combined with $21 million for housing and small business support,
California resort town of Palm Springs takes up reparations package
The Palm Spring city council on Thursday takes up a proposed $5.9 million reparations settlement with former residents of a largely Black neighborhood that was leveled in the 1960s for commercial development.
‘Section 14 Survivors’ reach $5.9M deal with the city of Palm Springs
"Section 14 Survivors" and the city of Palm Springs might be closer to the resolution of a decades-long debate. According to the city and the "Section 14 Survivors" group, both parties reached a settlement agreement of 5.
Palm Springs to vote on paying $27M after displacement of Black and Latino families
Black and Latino families who were displaced from a Southern California neighborhood in the 1960s have reached a tentative settlement agreement with the city of Palm Springs
Whose car fatally struck Tywon Mills? Palm Springs police searching for driver in crash
Tywon Mills, 39, died Oct. 18 after a vehicle hit him along Lake Worth Road in Palm Springs. Police are looking for its ...
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Palm Springs Unified School District extends superintendent's contract by two years
Palm Springs Unified School District’s board of education unanimously voted Tuesday to extend the superintendent’s ...
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Man twice convicted in 2008 Palm Springs murder seeks retrial
A convicted murderer awaiting sentencing in a case we've been following since 2008 has requested a new trial. If the trial is granted, it would be the third time Daniel Garcia would face a jury in the ...