The Palm Springs city council on Thursday unanimously approved a $5.9m reparations settlement with former residents of a largely Black neighborhood that was leveled in the 1960s for commercial development.
The city council was also set to approve another $21m for housing and small-business support aimed at the former residents and their descendants.
Former residents of the Section 14 neighborhood, which also included Latino families and other immigrants, have fought for decades to receive compensation for being pushed out of their neighborhood in the California resort town located about 70 miles (113km) east of Los Angeles.
Upwards of 1,200 people will split the $5.9m cash payment. After legal fees are paid, that would amount to approximately $4,000 per person, the city council said.
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