Houses burned, Black and Latino families 'herded' like cattle to make posh Palm Springs
Palm Springs has a long-held reputation as an upper-class playground for the wealthy and famous. It has lately been known for something else, howev...
Palm Springs has a long-held reputation as an upper-class playground for the wealthy and famous. It has lately been known for something else, however — tearing down the homes of thousands of Black and Latino families for development that would cater to wealthy white people. Officials in the California desert hub have apologized for the city's role in what a state official called a 'city-engineered holocaust' in an area of Palm Springs called Section 14. Its former residents have filed claims seeking as much as $2 billion in reparations.