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...liberal Republican serving his third term from a district in which few Negroes reside, the watered-down open-housing provision that finally did pass scared the living daylights out of many Congressmen. With the elections not far off, everyone could recall how California's voters rejected the Rumford fair-housing act by a 2 to 1 margin in 1964, defeating Democratic Senatorial Candidate Pierre Salinger, a Rumford backer, in the process. With Congressmen worried about their constituents' reactions, even the gutted provision could muster only a 179 to 179 tie in a crucial test vote, which then...
Commenting on the November election, Farmer said that the repeal of the Rumford Act in California was "the one disappointment." The state law had prohibited discrimination in housing...
...referendum and initiative measures in dozens of states last week, none was more bitterly fought or attracted more attention than California's Proposition 14 to repeal the Rumford Act (TIME, Sept. 25). Californians, by a vote of 3,656,000 to 1,894,000, overwhelmingly approved the proposition...
With that, the Rumford Act, a prohibition against discrimination for reasons of race or creed in the sale or rental of much state real estate, was wiped from the books. Moreover, future attempts to act against any sort of housing discrimination-whether by state, city or county officials-was in effect forbidden. Proposition 14 affirms the right of any Californian to sell or rent his home to whomever he pleases...
Despite its earnest rhetoric, most Californians regard the Senate race as little more than an entertaining spectator sport. Their real interest is engaged not by candidates but by a law, the blandly titled Rumford Fairhousing Act. The Act, passed narrowly last year by the legislature, outlaws racial discrimination in public housing and large private apartments. Opponents of the measure have placed on the ballot an initiative constitutional amendment." Proposition 14 which would not only nullify the Rumford Act and other equal housing ordinances, but would also forbid the legislature to pass such laws again. The State Supreme Court...