Canyon Hearing

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Film Date
11/4/69
Film Reference Number
KPIX 100588
Description
KPIX Eyewitness News report from November 4th 1969 by Ben Williams featuring scenes from hearings about the legal right of residents to live in the Canyon community located in the hills between Oakland and Moraga CA (on the Pinehurst Road). Includes interviews with a resident and a lawyer who contends that: "The power play here is ... on the part of the East Bay Municipal district to move these people out and then turn it over to some commercial purpose. Possibly sub-division."
Format
16mm newsfilm