Over 500 former residents and descendants are seeking millions in restitution from Palm Springs for forceful evictions in the '50s and '60s.
South Palm Canyon Drive in its intersection with Baristo Road in Palm Springs, Calif., circa 1965.Hundreds of Black and Mexican families plan to file a lawsuit against Palm Springs, California, seeking millions of dollars in restitution for being forcibly evicted from the Section 14 neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s, according to the legal team behind the lawsuit.
She’s joining over 500 former residents and descendants in the lawsuit, whose homes were bulldozed and burned down, often without notice, and are seeking restitution from the city.Frederic Lewis/Getty Images "I truly apologize for those actions. They were wrong then, they are wrong now, they created devastation in our community and different outcomes for the Black community and Latino community that still exist today, and segregation that still exists today," Mayor Christy Holstege said in September 2021.
"The scope of work consists of reviewing and verifying the historical context of residents displaced from Section 14 and helping the City develop a reparations program to enhance the quality of life for those affected by the displacement," the statement read. The legal team behind the restitution effort retained Julianne Malveaux, an economist and dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at Cal State LA, to assess the economic impact of that displacement. Her preliminary harm assessment was between $400 million and $2 billion, according to Martin., the 1959 Indian Leasing Act allowed the Agua Caliente to lease their lands for up to 99 years – incentivizing the city and real estate developers to take over the land.
Devers said she was around 12 years old when her parents separated. Her mother wanted to move homes when she saw much of the neighborhood being razed. She said her father, who she describes as her "hero," was stubborn and stayed at the house until the city destroyed it.
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