A reckoning in Palm Springs decades after a ‘city-engineered holocaust'
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It's Monday, April 24. After decades in the shadows of history, the city of Palm ...
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It's Monday, April 24. After decades in the shadows of history, the city of Palm Springs' role in the organized dismantling of the multiethnic, low-income community known as Section 14 has received considerable desert sunlight in recent years. Now, the families who lived on the land and their descendants are moving forward in their quest for racial justice. The Palm Springs City Council is set to vote this week on a plan to hire a reparations consulting group to research the history of the Section 14 evictions, vet claims from affected families and develop a plan for compensation.