The landmark restorative-justice agreement between the city of Palm Springs and the Palm Springs Section 14 Survivors Group announced in November garnered headlines across the country.
Many included the dollar figures, like the $5.9 million in direct payments that will be made to survivors and descendants of those displaced in the city-authorized razing of working-class, Black and Brown neighborhoods on tribal land in the 1950s and 1960s.
But Areva Martin, who served as lead attorney for the survivors’ group, said the settlement push was about more than money. It came down to acknowledging a grave historical injustice and amplifying the voices of those who were wronged…