Lawrance W. McFarland's family was told to vacate their home, and they hopped around from house to house before leaving the Palm Springs area altogether.
April 17, 2023, 2:01 PMPearl Taylor Devers, the chairperson for the Palm Springs Section 14 Survivors group, right, is hugged by another member at the United Methodist Church in Palm Springs, Calif., Sunday, April 16, 2023. Black and Latino Californians who were displaced from their Section 14 neighborhood in Palm Springs allege the city pushed them out by hiring contractors to destroy homes in an area that was tight-knit and full of diversity. – As a child, Lawrance W.
Those former residents now say the city owes them more than $2.3 billion for the harm caused by their displacement. That would be nearly $1.2 million per family. The dollar amount was disclosed Sunday at a meeting attended by experts such as Cheryl Grills, a member of the state’s reparations task force studying redress proposals for African Americans.
The families are also exploring legal avenues for reparations. Areva Martin, a Los Angeles lawyer representing them, filed a tort claim with the city in November alleging officials hired contractors to bulldoze homes and sent the fire department to burn them. City officials said in response that they would work with former residents and their descendants to try to come up with a solution, Martin said.
But the story of displacement at Section 14 is more complicated than some people may realize, said Renee Brown, associate curator and archivist for the Palm Springs Historical Society. more than a century ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma, leaving as many as 300 people dead. There were no reported deaths in connection with the displacement of families from Section 14.compensation through a lawsuit filed against the city. U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation in 2021 to try to make it easier for survivors and descendants to seek reparations, but the bill never received a hearing.
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