The Palm Springs city council agreed on a $5.9 million reparations settlement for former residents of the Section 14 neighborhood, who lost their homes in the 1960s due to commercial development. This move is symbolic,

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 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.