1932 Haste Street
Mrs. Betts, who lived across from 1932 Haste Street attended the Berkeley City Council meeting on 10 January 1922 to present a petition, signed by over 50 of her neighbors. The community was protesting against the realtor, Mrs. E.A. Stanford, from selling the property at the Haste Street location to Japanese.
Mrs. Betts went so far as to point out that Mrs. Stanford had advertised to the Japanese community in a Japanese paper in San Francisco.
Once again, the mayor of Berkeley, Louis Bartlett insisted there was nothing to be done. He suggested Mrs. Betts take her issue to the realtor directly or the Japanese who had bought the home.
Eventually, the discussion turned to referring the matter to the City Attorney. A resolution was then drawn by directing the City Planning consultant, Mr. Carol Aronovici to consult with the realtor and Japanese purchasers to see if the sale could be terminated and report back to City Council.
