$5.9M approved for Black And Latino families that were displaced from a neighborhood in Palm Springs, CA back in the 60s.

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Palm Springs officials approve $5.9M to pay Black and Latino families displaced from neighborhood

The Palm Springs City Council has approved a $5.9 million deal to pay Black and Latino families who were displaced from a neighborhood in the 1960s.

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Updated 12:14 PM CST, November 15, 2024
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California city will pay $5.9 million to compensate Black and Latino families who were displaced from a neighborhood in the 1960s and decades later led a fight for restitution.
The Palm Springs City Council approved the deal in a unanimous vote Thursday. The council also approved $10 million for a first-time homebuyer assistance program, $10 million for a community land trust and the creation of a monument commemorating the history of the neighborhood known as Section 14.
Mayor Jeffrey Bernstein earlier this week said the city is “taking bold and important action that will create lasting benefits for our entire community while providing programs that prioritize support for the former residents of Section 14.”
It has not been determined how much each family or individual would receive in direct compensation, attorney Areva Martin said earlier this week. Martin represents over 300 former residents and hundreds of descendants. Money for housing assistance would go toward low-income Palm Springs residents, with priority given to former Section 14 residents and descendants.


Section 14 was a square-mile neighborhood on a Native American reservation that many Black and Mexican American families once called home. Families recalled houses being burned and torn down in the area before residents were told to vacate their homes.
The city council voted in 2021 to formally apologize for the city’s role in the displacement. Families filed a tort claim with the city in 2022, and the following year announced they were seeking $2.3 billion for the harm caused by their displacement.

The tort claim argued the tragedy was akin to the violence that decimated a vibrant community known as Black Wall Street more than a century ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma, leaving as many as 300 people dead. There were no reported deaths in connection with the displacement of families from Section 14.


by Taboola

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

5.9 million for 60 years with of suffering between 300 people. If my arithmetic is correct, that is 20k per person.

Maybe in the past you could buy a house, these days, that's a down payment.

 

[Ol’Otis]

these days, that's a down payment.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Targeted micro reparations.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

Man Cali seems niiiice man

What the hoes like doe..

 

[Voice of Reason]

Don't like the Black and Brown language. But even though it's small it's some progress.

 

[CHICAGO]

NAH 6MS NOT ENOUGH



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[JadeB]

Man Cali seems niiiice man

What the hoes like doe..

Been living here for six years. fukking amazing

 

[JadeB]

Also, micro-reparations so a good first step

 

[King]

I just saw one house in Palm Springs on Zillow on sale for 5.6 million dollars.

Disgusting and an absolute slap in the face.

All that just so these demented rich white gays could have a hedonistic paradise

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

This only further proves my point how democrat CAC aren’t no better then republican CAC.

60 years later.. the damage has already been done. That amounts to less than 100k per year. Lost opportunity, lost quality of life. Basically a lost future.

White people literally created more alternate timelines for black people in this country than the TVA.

 

[Voice of Reason]

This only further proves my point how democrat CAC aren’t no better then republican CAC.

60 years later.. the damage has already been done. That amounts to less than 100k per year. Lost opportunity, lost quality of life. Basically a lost future.

White people literally created more alternate timelines for black people in this country than the TVA.

If we could even get 10% of ADOS people 100k in reparations that would have a profound impact on our community.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

If we could even get 10% of ADOS people 100k in reparations that would have a profound impact on our community.

Our community is broken. It’s not just about the money. It’s the mental anguish. It’s the poor education. It’s decades of conditioning.

The amount of damage done can’t be quantified with money. That 100k is like a glass of water dropped in the ocean.

The native Americans got reservations, and they’re still fukked up as a people. Any good will to make shyt right was undone when black people were used as a bargaining chip for “votes” in an election. Which ended the reconstruction, and pulled union solders who were meant to protect black people from southern states.