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Horrified by 'whites-only' language in their property deeds, Ladera residents worked hard to purge it

Original post made on Jul 9, 2023

When Leslie Wambach was house hunting on the Midpeninsula, she thought she had found the perfect home. But then she discovered something that gave her pause: The property deed included outdated and illegal racial restrictions.

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Posted by ivg
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Jul 9, 2023 at 8:18 am

ivg is a registered user.

This article covers an important topic but presents an incomplete history. In "The Color of Law", Richard Rothstein carefully documents the history of racial covenants. Lenders and other companies involved in real estate didn't necessarily want to discriminate in this way, but they were forced to by a series of federal policies enacted by Congress and executive agencies over decades. Rothstein even specifically discusses Ladera.


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