Racist history lives on in millions of housing records. LA County is about to fix that
LOS ANGELES — The requirements to live on the San Fernando Valley lots were clear in 1915. Any building, including the roof, must have two coats of paint. The fences "shall be" stained, painted or whitewashed. Wedged just after a prohibition on liquor sales, the land record for the subdivision of the Los Angeles Farming and Milling Co. Rancho demanded that "no part of said premises shall ever ...
by Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times
Feb 08, 2024
3 minutes
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LOS ANGELES — The requirements to live on the San Fernando Valley lots were clear in 1915.
Any building, including the roof, must have two coats of paint. The fences "shall be" stained, painted or whitewashed.
Wedged just after a prohibition on liquor sales, the land record for the subdivision of the Los Angeles Farming and Milling Co. Rancho demanded that "no part of said premises shall ever at any time be sold, conveyed, leased or rented to any person of African, Chinese or Japanese descent."
Racially restrictive covenants like this were
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