Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Biographical / Historical
Arrangement
Scope and Contents
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Processing Information
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Palos Verdes Library District, Peninsula Center Library. Local History Center.
Title: Collection of Materials Related to the Peninsula Interfaith Committee on Fair Housing
Source:
Mucha, Jeannette
Identifier/Call Number: 026
Physical Description:
8 Folders
Date (inclusive): 1964-1965
Physical Location: Local History Center
Abstract: The California Fair Housing initiative, or Proposition 14, was the focal point of racial discrimination and the civil rights
movement in California. The collection includes program files of Jeannette Mucha who was in charge of public relations for
the Peninsula Interfaith Committe on Fair Housing, an organization created to promote fair housing on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the Local History Center for access information.
Conditions Governing Use
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation
[Name of item], Collection of Materials Related to the Peninsula Interfaith Committee on Fair Housing (Collection 026). Local
History Center, Peninsula Center Library, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills Estates, CA.
Biographical / Historical
The Peninsula Interfaith Committee on Fair Housing began in 1963 in response to an initiative campaign funded by the California
Real Estate Association, to repeal the 1963 Rumford Fair Housing Act prohibiting discrimination in private housing based on
race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry. The Committee was formed to raise awareness and promote freedom of opportunity
in housing on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
The initiative, California Proposition 14, sought to amend the California constitution and allow property owners the right
to refuse to rent, sell or lease to anyone, and further that neither the State of California, its subdivisions nor agencies
could limit or deny an owner of this right. Proposition 14 passed, changing the California Constitution, with a margin of
over two million votes.
In 1966, the California Supreme Court ruled that the California Constitution as amended with the passage of Proposition 14
violated the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. The decision was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967. The
U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the California court's decision in a 5-2 ruling invalidating the California's constitutional amendment.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Scope and Contents
Includes event program files, photographs, clippings, press releases and publications.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Included in materials donated to the Local History Center by Jeannette Mucha.
Processing Information
Initial rehousing and stabilization of materials by Local History Center volunteers. Final arrangement and description by
Monique Sugimoto 2017.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fair housing
Discrimination in housing
Civil rights
Propositions
California -- Race relations
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th Century
Palos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.)
Mucha, Jeannette
O'Keefe, Walter, 1900-1983
Van Dyke, Dick
Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992
Californians Against Proposition 14