November 1920
Legislation / propertySupplement
California tightens its Alien Land Law
California
California expanded its 1913 land restrictions, barring agricultural leasing by immigrants ineligible for citizenship and restricting ways of holding land through companies or guardianship. The law particularly targeted Japanese immigrants by tying property access to racially restricted naturalization.
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Context / qualification
This is the 1920 expansion, not a replacement date for the original 1913 law. U.S.-born children’s citizenship created a different legal position from that of their immigrant parents.