1923: Neighbors protest home for Chinese orphans

Title: 1923: Neighbors protest home for Chinese orphans
Description: August 14, 1923 City Council minutes:

13.
At 9:15 a.m.,
the
Council took up
consideration of the
proposed reclassification
of property at
the southeast corner
of Ashby
avenue and Ninth street
,
from Class
VII to Class III
under
Ordinance No,
666-N.S.
to permit the use of
the proper
ty as a home for
Chinese orphan boys
D.
po"
Monk,
residing at San Pablo
Pablo avenue
avenue and Murray
street
protested against the use of this
property for
the pur-
pose contemplated
contending
that it will
mean the
introduc-
tion of orientals
into the neighborhood,
He further stated
that he had been
informed
that this will be a home for delin-
quent,
which would be another objectionable feature.
C
H.
•
Tingley on behalf of the Baptist
Union
informed
the Council
that these Chinese boys
are
for the most
part
.
native born:
that
some of them are wards
of the court but not
delinquents;
that
this location
was approved by
the State Board
of Charities and that because it is in an
obnoxious
factöry
zone,
he felt the
objections expressed were not well founded,
Councilman
Caldecott opposed the reclassification
stating
that he believed that the objections of
the property
owners already located there should be given first
consideration,
After further discussion,
and on motion of
Councilman
May.
a
Bill was passed to print reclassifying the property,
Councilman Caldecott voting
Date Created: 1923