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Guide to the Collection of Materials Related to the Peninsula Interfaith Committee on Fair Housing 026
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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
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  • 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