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TEAM 10: Racist language in real estate deeds - YouTube
Channel: ABC 10 News
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>>> A BILL IS ON THE GOVERNOR'S
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DESK THAT WOULD REMEOV OFFENSIVE
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AND RACIST LANGUAGE FROM HOUSING
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DOCUMENTS ACROSS THE STETA.
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>> RACIALLY-RESTRICTIVE
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COVENANTS WERE ONCE A LALEG WAY
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TO KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS
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SEGREGATED.
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THESE SAME COVENANTS ARE STILL
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IN THE DEEDS OF SOME HOMES.
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OUR TEAM 10 INVESTIGATOR ADAM
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RACUSIN LOOKS AT THE IMPACT THE
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LANGUAGE STILL HAS ON HOUSING IN
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SAN DIEGO DADESEC LATER.
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>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO, ITS
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NICKNAMED IS AMERICA'S FINEST
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CITY ANDHE V TIEWS ALONG THE
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PICTURESQUE COASTLINES DELIVER
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TONHAT MONIKER.
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BUT IF YOU LOOK BENEATH THE
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SURFACE --
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>> RACISM HAD BEEN ALIVE FOR
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MANY, MANY YEARS.
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>> Reporter: AT 90 YEARS OLD,
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KATHLEEN HARMON DOESN'T HOLD
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BACK ON WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY.
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WE>> CARRIED THE LOAD, EVEN
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INTO TODAY U KNOW?
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THE -- TODAY, YOU KNOW?
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THE POOR TAKES CARE OF THE RICH.
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>> Reporter: KATHLEEN MOVED TO
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SAN DIEGO IN 1956.
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SHE RENTED A HOUSE IN LOGAN
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HEIGHTS.
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A FEW YEARS LATER WITH SOME
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MONEY SAVED, SHE BOUGHT A HOME
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IN THE SKYLINE NGHEIBORHOOD OF
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SAN DIEGO.
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AT THE TIME, A PREDOMINANTLY
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WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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>> WHEN I MOVED IN HERE WITH
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THOSE SEVEN CHILDREN, IT WASN'T
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TWO MONTHS, I NEVER EVEN KNEW
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THE NEIGHBORS NEXDOORT .
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THE FOR SALE SIGNS WENT UP.
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>> Reporter: DESPITE WHITE
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NEIGHBORS, THIS WAS AN AREA
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WHERE KATHLEEN COULD BUY.
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THERE SWA NOTHING IN THE DEED OR
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ANY OTHER CONTRACTULRA LANGUAGE
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THAT COULD PREVENT HER FROM
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LIVING IN SKYLINE BECAUSE OF THE
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O
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LOR OF HER SKIN.
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IN THE EARLY TO MID1900'S AND
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SOME WOULD SAY EVEN LONGER, THAT
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WASN'T THE CASE FOR MANY PARTS
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OF THE CITY.
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>>T I IS PROVIDED FURTHER THAT
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NO LOT SHALL EVER BEIVED L UP
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ON, USE OR OCCUPIED BY ANY
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PERSONHOSE W BLOOD I NOT
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ENTIRELY THE CAWCATION RACE.
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--
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CAUCASIAN RACE.
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MY LORD.
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>> Reporter: THAT PIECE OF
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PAPER THAT KATHLEEN IS READING
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IS ONE PAGE OF A DEED IN A HOME
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IN THE KENSINGTON AREA.
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THIS IS A RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE
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COVENANT, LANGUAGE THAT COULD
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PROHIBIT THE SALE OF PROPERTY TO
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ANYONE OTHERHA TN SOMEONE OF THE
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CAUCASIAN RACE.
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>> WHEN I BOUGHT THISOUSE H, THE
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REALTOR SAYS THERE'S CERTAIN
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AREAS THAT YOUAN C ONLY LIVE IN
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AND THEN HE SAYS I DON'T KNOW
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WHETHER WE CAN ACQUIRE THIS
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HOUSE RIGHT HERE.
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>> Reporter: IN THE EARLY TO
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MID1900'S, RESIDENTIAL RACIAL
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SEGREGATION WAS ENFORCED
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THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES,
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INCLUDING IN CALIFORNIA.
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THE DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES CAME
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IN A COMBINATION OF GOVERNMENT
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POLICIES AND IN FORCED PRIVATE
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A-- AND ENFCEDOR PRIVATE
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AGREEMENTS.
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>> THIS IS AREA HERMOSA IN 1994.
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IT WAS DEVELOPED FOR CAUCASIAN
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F-- FOLKS -- CAUCASIAN FOLKS.
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>> I DID RESEARCH ON LINDA VISTA
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AND CLAIREMONT AND MAJORITY OF
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LA JOLLA WHICH WAS COVERED WITH
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DEED RESTRICTIONS.
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>> Reporter: LAST YEAR, SHE
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PUBLISHED A RESEARCH PAPER
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CALLED AMERICA'S FINEST HOUNGSI
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CRISIS, RACIALLIZED HOUSING IN
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SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT.
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>> COMMUNITIES THAT WERE
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DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE
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STILL PREDOMINANTLY BLACK,
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MEXICAN, ETC., AND COMMUNITIES
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THAT WERE DESIGNED FOR CAUCASIAN
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CONTINUE TO BE CAUCASIAN TODAY.
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>> Reporter: IN JUNE, THE CITY
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OF SAN DIEGO RELEASED A REPORT
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ONTS I ASSESSMENT OF FAIR
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HOUSING.
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IN AN APPENDIX TO THE REPORT,
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TH
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ERE'S A DESCRIPTION OF SAN
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DIEGO'S PAST ALONG WITH GRAPHICS
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OUTLINING THE CHANGE IN RACIAL
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ETHNIC RESIDENTIAL COMPOSITION.
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THE REPORT SAYS MUCH OF THE
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GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE CITY OF
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SAN DIEGO WAS MAJORITY WTEHI IN
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1990 WITH MAJORITY BLACK,
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HISPICAN AND ASIAN AREAS
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CONFINED TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
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THE CITY.
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THAT MAKEUP REFLECTS THE CITY'S
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HISTORY OF RED LINING AND
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RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
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THE REPORT SAYS COVENANTS
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TARGETED ALL MINORITIES BUT WERE
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ESPECILYAL DISCRIMINATORY
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AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS,
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MEXICAN-AMERICANS AND ASIANS.
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SO THESE GROUPS SETTLED IN OLDER
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COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHEASTERN SAN
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DIEGO IN BARRIO LOGAN WHERE SUCH
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RESTRICTIONS WERE ABSENT OR WERE
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NOT ENFORCED.
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>> PEOPLE LIVE IN IT.
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SOME FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHY
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THEY'RE IN THE POSITIONS THEY'RE
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IN.
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>> Reporter: DEKER IS A
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MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATOR.
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HE'S THE HOUSING COMMITTEE CIRHA
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FOR THE NAACP SAN DIEGO.
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>> WHEN YOU HAVE THA DIVISION
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OF JURISDICTIONS THAT CERTAIN
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PEOPLE COULD LIVE IN CERTAIN
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ARSEA, THEN IT CREATES NOT ONLY
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THE WEALTH GAP BUTHE T HEALTH
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GAP.
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IT CREATES THE EDUCATIONAL GAP,
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THE TAX GAP ON ETH PROPERTIES,
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THE PROPERTY VALUE GAP.
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>> Reporter: IN A 1948 CASE,
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SHELLEY V. KRAMER, THE SUPREME
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COURT RULED RACIAL COVENANTS
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VIOLATED THE DUE PROCESS AND
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EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSES OF THE
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14TH AMENDMENT OF T UHENITED
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STATES SUBSTITUTION.
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BUT -- UNITED STATES
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CNSTITUTION BUT DESPITE BNGEI
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ILLEGAL, HISTORIANS SAY RACIAL
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COVENANTS WERE STILL ENFORCED
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FOR YEARS AND EVEN TOD,AY IF YOU
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LIVE IN A HOUSE BUILT BEFORE THE
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1950'S, YOU MAY FINDHAT T
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OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE STILL
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ATTACHED TO YOUR HOUSE.
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IN A QUICK SEARCH OF THE SAN
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DIEGO COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE
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WE
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FOUND SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF
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RACIAL COVENANTS STILL TIED TO
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HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
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>> IMAGINE A BLACK FAMILY SEEING
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THAT THIS HOUSE I'M ABOUT TO BUY
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RIGHT NOW THIS RESTRICTION IS IN
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HERE!
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IT'S STILL HERE TODAY IN YEAR
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2021?
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>> Reporter: THAT SCENARIO
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HAPPENED TO CALIFORNIA
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ASSEMBLYMEMBER KEVIN MCCARDY.
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THIS IS THE DEED FROM HIS FIRST
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HOUSE IN SACRAMENTO.
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>> IT WAS KIND OF JARRING AND
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KIND OF A SHOCKER THAT, WOW,
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THESE THINGS STILL EXIST!
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AND JUST A REMINDER HOW, YOU
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KNOW, OUR RACIST POLICIESAD H
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HUGE, HUGE IMPACTS.
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>> Reporter: MCCARDI CRAFTED
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LANGUAGE THAT WOULD MAKE IT
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EASI FORER HOMEOWNERS TO GET RID
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OF THE LANGUAGE.
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IT WOULD ALSO SET UP A PROCESS
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TO MAP THOSE NOW ILLEGAL
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COVENANTS ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND
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REMOVE THEM FROM DEEDS.
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>> DO YOU THINK LANGUAGE LIKE
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THIS IN PROPERTY DEEDS NEEDS TO
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BE ABOLISHED?
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>>BS AOLUTELY.
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ABSOLUTELY.
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>> Reporter: FOR PEOPLE LIKE
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KATHLEEN HARMON WHO LIVED IT,
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CHANGING PUBLIC POLICY IS A
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START.
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>> IF WE HAD MORE ECONOMICS IN
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OUR COMMUNITIES, WE COULD THRIVE
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AND BE BETTER CITIZENS.
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OURHI CLDREN WOULD BE ABLE TO GO
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TO COLLEGE.
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WE'D BE ABLE TO AFFORD MORE
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BEAUTIFUL HOMES.
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YOU KNOW?
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ECONOMSIC.
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RACISM STANDS IN THE WAY.
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>> Reporter: AMDA RACUSIN, ABC
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10NEWS.
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>> THE SAN DIEGO REPORT FOUND
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THE CITY HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY
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ETHNIC AND RACIALLY DIVERSE.
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AS FOR THE BILL, IT PASSED IN
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THE LEGISLATURE AND IS NOW
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WAITINGOR F THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN
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OR VETO IT.
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