It’s been called a racist relic of California’s past, a rule that has stalled vital affordable housing developments for decades. So, why has it been difficult for California to repeal Article 34?
In 1950, Californians voted to put a provision in the state Constitution that makes it harder for poor people to find a place to live.At the time it passed in 1950, the real estate industry argued taxpayers should have a right to vote on low-income housing projects because they were publicly funded infrastructure similar to schools or roads. The campaign also appealed to racist fears aboutArticle 34 grew out of a fight in the northern coastal city of Eureka.
The California Real Estate Assn., the forerunner of today’s California Assn. of Realtors, came up with a ballot initiative later that year to combat the Eureka decision and require a public vote before public housing could be built. Realtors argued that residents should be able to weigh in on such a project because it could create taxpayer debt., was about more than giving voters a say. In the Realtors’ internal newsletter, Charles B.
Newspaper ads paid for by the Realtors also blamed “minority pressure groups” for pushing public housing. At the time, the Realtors’ Code of Ethics included a provision barring agents from integrating neighborhoods on the basis of “race or nationality” if doing so would be “clearly detrimental to property values.
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