Black, Mexican families seek restitution for Palm Springs evictions, call them 'shameful secret'

[Judi Lynn]

Their relatives were forcibly evicted from the downtown Section 14 neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s.



Attorneys representing evicted families held a news conference in Los Angeles to announce the damages claim. Hundreds of Black and Mexican families will file claims Tuesday seeking millions of dollars in restitution from the city of Palm Springs for being forcibly evicted from the downtown Section 14 neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s. (Image courtesy of NBC Palm Springs)

By CITY NEWS SERVICE | [e-mail] |
PUBLISHED: November 29, 2022 at 1:44 p.m. | UPDATED: November 29, 2022 at 2:29 p.m.

PALM SPRINGS — Hundreds of Black and Mexican families announced the filing of an amended claim Tuesday asserting that the city of Palm Springs caused up to $2 billion in harm to families who were forcibly evicted from the downtown Section 14 neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s.

Section 14 — a one-square-mile neighborhood owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians — was the primary residential area for people of color from 1930 to 1965. The evictions began in late 1954 and continued for 12 years through 1966.

Attorneys representing evicted families held a news conference in Los Angeles to announce the damages claim. The event included survivors of the evictions, “who remember them vividly and … what those evictions did to them and their families,” Lisa Richardson, a spokeswoman for attorneys representing the families, told City News Service.

“Until now, ‘Section 14’ has largely been a shameful secret confined to the city limits of Palm Springs, when it should be mentioned alongside Tulsa, Rosewood and Bruce’s Beach,” attorney Areva Martin said in a statement. “These facts are not in dispute. It is unconscionable that Palm Springs is not engaging with all its energy on making these families whole again. How much longer should they wait? Many of the survivors of these events are in their 70s, 80s and even 90s. They can’t afford to wait for justice.”

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2. "Many of the survivors of these events are in their 70s, 80s and even 90s."

"They can't afford to wait."

I believe you will find that is the point of why this has bnot been taken care of yet.