The Palm Springs city council on Thursday unanimously approved a $5.9 million reparations settlement with former residents of a largely Black neighborhood that was leveled in the 1960s for commercial development.

The City Council is expected to vote on the settlement for residents of a neighborhood that burned more than 50 years ago. It could also consider another $21 million for community programs.

The city of Palm Springs, Calif., will pay nearly $6 million in reparations to Black and Brown families who were displaced from a neighborhood there during the 1960s. The tentative settlement will be split among families who had lived in the neighborhood known as Section 14.

The Palm Springs, Calif., City Council is expected to vote Thursday on a reparations settlement for former residents of a mostly Black and Latino neighborhood destroyed for commercial development in the 1960s.

Palm Springs city council approves a $5.9 million reparations settlement for former residents of the Section 14 neighborhood, displaced in the 1960s. Combined with $21 million for housing and small business support,

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

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

The Palm Springs City Council will vote tonight on the settlement offer. It comes decades after city employees and the Fire Department destroyed an estimated 197 homes on tribal land downtown.

The settlement follows years of legal action over the forced removal of Section 14 residents and their destroyed homes, marking a historic step toward justice.