Rumford Act News Today

60 years ago, the Rumsford Act turned into a historic civil rights triumph in the state.

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

Spurred by Gov. Pat Brown, the Legislature 60 years ago voted to ban discrimination. The backlash was swift.

The Rumford Fair Housing Act, the 1960s legislation to end racial discrimination on housing, produced arguably the biggest, bitterest brawl ever in California's Capitol.

Santa Ana's second annual Juneteenth Festival at Centennial Park will include live performances from Talib Kweli and A Lighter Shade of Brown as well as appearances from important members of Orange County's Black community, like Helen Shipp and Dottie Mulkey.

The California Association of Realtors is apologizing for its role in pushing policies that drove racial segregation in the state, decades after the group put its money behind a proposition that overturned the state’s first fair housing law.

The California Association of Realtors is apologizing for its role in supporting discriminatory housing policies in the state. Decades ago, the association pushed for a policy that allowed voters to reject public housing projects and another that overturned the state's first fair housing law.

The California Association of Realtors is apologizing for its role in supporting discriminatory housing policies in the state

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Association of Realtors is apologizing for its role in pushing policies that drove racial segregation in the state, decades after the group put its money behind a proposition that overturned the state’s first fair housing law.

/PRNewswire/ -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) formally apologizes for its past discriminatory policies, including Proposition 14 — a...