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Palm Springs, Calif., to vote on $5.9M in reparations for former Black, Latino residents
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 Reaches $6M Reparations Deal With Displaced Minority Families
City council members of Palm Springs, California will soon vote on whether to approve a nearly $6 million reparations deal reached with Black and Latino families who were forcefully displaced from their homes in the 1960s.
California city to vote on $6M reparations plan for Black and Latino families
Families affected by the razing of Section 14 of Palm Springs in the 1960s may see reparations after a city council vote on Thursday.
Palm Springs strikes tentative $27M deal on landmark reparations settlement
The desert resort city is one of the first in the nation to reach such a deal, which received backing from politicians like Sen. Laphonza Butler.
Black and Latino Families Displaced From Palm Springs Neighborhood Reach $27M Tentative Settlement
Black and Latino families who were displaced from a Southern California neighborhood in the 1960s have reached a tentative settlement agreement with the city of Palm Springs
Palm Springs Reaches Nearly $6 Million Reparations Deal With Former Section 14 Residents
The city of Palm Springs, Calif., will consider a nearly $6 million reparations settlement for former residents of a neighborhood of mostly Black and Latino families that was destroyed more than a half-century ago.
Palm Springs to vote on paying $27M after displacement of Black and Latino families
Black and Latino families who were pushed out of a Palm Springs neighborhood in the 1960s reached a $5.9 million tentative settlement agreement with the city.
California resort town of Palm Springs takes up reparations package
The Palm Spring city council on Thursday takes up a proposed $5.9 million reparations settlement with former residents of a largely Black neighborhood that was leveled in the 1960s for commercial ...
Anti-slavery measure Prop. 6 fails, allowing forced labor to continue in California prisons
California voters rejected the anti-slavery measure Proposition 6, which would have banned forced labor in state prisons.
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California’s Anti-Slavery Measure Failed, Allowing Forced Labor to Continue
Other states, including Nevada, are deleting references to slavery in their constitutions and banning forced prison labor. California voters rejected that path when they turned down Prop. 6.
California voters shoot down proposed ban on forced prison labor
California voters rejected a ballot measure aimed at banning state prisons from using forced labor as a punishment for crimes ...
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California voters reject Prop 6 ban on forced prison labor
A California ballot proposition that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor has failed.
California voters reject proposed ban on forced prison labor in any form
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in ...
A California Ballot Measure to Ban Forced Prison Labor Is Failing
Voters appear to be rejecting Proposition 6 in California, a measure to end involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime.
California voters to decide on Proposition 6, which would end forced labor in prisons
California Proposition 6 would amend the state constitution to remove a provision allowing jails and prisons to impose ...
Sacramento delays reparations and racial equity vote after ‘major changes,’ official says
Among the changes submitted by City Manager Howard Chan’s office include removal of an annual assessment of the city’s ...