"The numbers demonstrate clearly to me, anyway, that what has been alleged happened. The question is why. Cole said the city, which owned the project in 1982 before it was sold that year to Goldrich, Kest, has a legal responsibility to ensure that the Culver City-based company complies with a purchase agreement that prohibits discrimination."
"As part of a possible lawsuit, the city might try to obtain 1,900 individual tenant and applicant files from Goldrich, Kest & Associates and managing partner Thomas Pottmeyer & Co. Pottmeyer has said in the past that he follows federal and local regulations governing acceptance and eviction of tenants. Hirsch has said that Pottmeyer accepted Latinos in the housing project in greater numbers to counter past discrimination."
"The tenant's group complained to City Directors last April that after Pottmeyer took over management of the 313-unit project along Fair Oaks Avenue in 1988, blacks were rejected as tenants. The group said Latinos who spoke little English were accepted instead."
A city investigation into King's Villages housing project in Northwest Pasadena revealed disparities in rejection and eviction rates between black and Latino applicants and tenants over a six-year period. While the data showed clear numerical differences, the report could not conclusively establish whether these actions resulted from racial discrimination as alleged by the King's Villages Tenants Union Organization. The Pasadena Board of Directors scheduled a closed meeting with the City Attorney to discuss potential legal action against project owners Goldrich, Kest & Associates to obtain records for further investigation. The city, which previously owned the project before selling it in 1982, maintains legal responsibility to ensure compliance with anti-discrimination provisions in the purchase agreement. Management representatives attributed tenant selections to regulatory compliance and project improvements.
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