UNITED STATES. 



THK IMPROVEMENT OF CONDITIONS AMONG IMMIGRANTS 

 INTO CAEIEORNIA. 



OFFICIATE vSOURCES: 



Secon'd annual Report of thk Commission of Immigration and Housing of California 

 2 January 1916. San Francisco, igi6. 



Immigrant education leaflets. Published by the Coramission of Immigration and Housing 

 of California. 



The Hojie Teacher. The Act with a working plan. Published by the Commission of Im- 

 migration and Housing of Calilornia, San Francisco, 191 6. 



Advisory I^amphlet on Camp Sanitation and Housing. San Francisco, 1916. 



Report on Unemployment to His Excellency Governor Hiram W. Johnson, by the 

 Commission of Immigration and Housing of California. 9 December 191 4. 



Report on Relief of destitute Unemployed 1914-1915 to His Excellency Governor 

 HiR.\M W. Johnson by the Commission of Immigr.\tion and Housing of Calikornl'v. 

 25 June 1915. 



On 12 June 191 3 the parliament of California approved an Act creat- 

 ing the Commission of Immigration and Housing. 



This commission consists of five persons nominated by the governor 

 of the State and receiving no pa3Tiient other than reimbursement of the 

 necessary expenses they incur while travelling on the commission's business. 

 The commission has pov\'er fully to investigate the condition of immigrants 

 and the opportunities before them. It gathers information as to agricultural 

 possibilities and opportunities for settlement on land within the State, and 

 may therefore make surveys of soil and arable land and collect data^as to 

 price and productivit}', and also as to the need and demand of agriculture 

 for labour. It must co-operate with State and municipal employment bureaux 

 and private employment agencies, and also with similar federal insti- 

 tutions and institutions in other States, in order to secure the distribution 

 and emploj'^ment of immigrants. It must collect and publish, for distri- 

 bution among immigrants, such information in English and foreign languages 

 as is deemed essential to their protection, distribution, education and 

 welfare. It must co-operate with the proper authorities and organiza- 

 tions, both public and private, in order to give the immigrant the best 

 opportunities for acquiring education and citizepship. It may inspect all 

 labour camps within the State and investigate the housing conditions in 

 which immigrants live. It is responsible for calling the attention of the 

 proper authorities to violations, to the detriment of immigrants, of the 



