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Palm Springs council approves $5.9M settlement over Section 14 removals
The Desert SunNovember 14, 2024By Tom Coulter The Palm Springs City Council voted unanimously Thursday approve paying $5.91 million to former residents of the city’s Section 14 area. The settlement came after years of negotiations over legal claims residents filed over the city’s role in evicting families and destroying homes in the area in the
Palm Springs City Council to vote on Section 14 settlement
The Desert SunNovember 14, 2024By Tara Gray Civil rights attorney Areva Martin reacts to the city council’s unanimous vote for the settlement offer of $5.9 million to the Section 14 Survivors group during a public council meeting in Palm Springs, Calif., on Thurs., November 14, 2024. Read More
Palm Springs Reaches Nearly $6 Million Reparations Deal With Former Section 14 Residents
The New York TimesNovember 13, 2024By Audra D. S. Burch The city of Palm Springs, Calif., will consider a nearly $6 million reparations settlement for former residents of a neighborhood of mostly Black and Latino families that was destroyed more than a half-century ago. Former residents of Section 14, which was razed in the 1960s
Statement from Section 14 Survivors’ Attorney Areva Martin Regarding October 10 Palm Springs City Council Meeting
Palm Springs, CA (October 10, 2024) – Today, following a lengthy closed session City Council discussion, the City of Palm Springs announced that it would hold one additional closed session regarding Section 14 and dedicate the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on Thursday, November 14 to the matter of Section 14. In response to this announcement, Attorney Areva Martin, lead
Former Section 14 Residents ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ on Settlement with Palm Springs
Former residents of Section 14 are “cautiously optimistic” a resolution with the City of Palm Springs is near following a lengthy closed-doors discussion held by the city council Thursday. The council met to discuss a settlement proposal for an ongoing legal claim over the city’s role in destroying homes and evicting residents on land owned