The Palm Springs city council voted to approve $5.9 million in reparations for families forcibly removed from their homes.
Rob McMillanThe Palm Springs City Council has voted unanimously to approve $5.9 million in reparations for families forcibly removed from their homes on a stretch of land known as Section 14 the 1950s and 1960s.
"We hope that by working in collaboration with the city of Palm Springs we can show other cities throughout the state of California that is possible to rectify racial harms," said attorney Areva Martin, who represents the group.
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