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Authoritarianism And Proposition 14, Herbert Henry Foster
Authoritarianism And Proposition 14, Herbert Henry Foster
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
In November of 1964, California voters approved by a very substantial margin the legislative measure known as Proposition 14, a hotly contested constitutional amendment which abolished all then-existing Fair Housing Legislation and prohibited local levels of government from acting in such matters in the future. This legislation was sponsored by the California Real Estate Association and essentially was a response to a recently passed Fair Housing Law known as the Rumford Act, which prohibited discrimination in the sale and rental of housing and assigned enforcement responsibilities to the State Fair Employment Practices Commission.
During the year preceding the election, the …