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.

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 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,