More than 50 years after demolishing a thriving minority community, the city reckons with its past through a historic reparations settlement and cultural preservation efforts.

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.

"Section 14 Survivors" and the city of Palm Springs might be closer to the resolution of a decades-long debate. According to the city and the "Section 14 Survivors" group, both parties reached a settlement agreement of 5.

The Palm Springs City Council has approved a $5.9-million settlement with Black and Latino families whose homes were torn down decades ago.

Black and Latino families who were displaced from a Southern California neighborhood in the 1960s have reached a tentative settlement agreement with the city of Palm Springs.

City council members of Palm Springs, California will soon vote on whether to approve a nearly $6 million reparations deal reached with Black and Latino families who were forcefully displaced from their homes in the 1960s.