George Skelton: How a racist housing policy caused the biggest, bitterest brawl in California's Capitol
by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times
Sep 05, 2023
3 minutes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nationally, we just observed the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington. In California, there wasn't a peep about the 60th anniversary of a historic civil rights triumph in this state.
That's understandable. There are probably few people still around who know much about the Rumford Fair Housing Act, which produced arguably the biggest, bitterest brawl ever in California's Capitol.
Looking back, it's almost inconceivable what the fight was about. It was over whether it should be legally permissible — never mind morally right — for homeowners
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