Protest Planned for UCLA's Carter Home Open House

Members of a coalition that opposes the sale of the UCLA-owned property that contains Hannah Carter Japanese Garden will stage a protest Sunday afternoon during a scheduled open house.

The home, located in Bel Air, is listed for $9 million. The property and the Japanese garden on the grounds was donated to UCLA in 1964, but the the property. National preservation organizations as well as the Los Angeles Conservancy have formed The Coalition to Save the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden. Jim Caldwell, son of Hannah Carter, is a leader in the organization.

"UCLA has broken their agreement to our family and the public to maintain this cultural landmark in perpetuity," Caldwell said in a press release.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block published an editorial in The Daily Bruin about the garden's sale.

"The 1964 agreement made clear that the university could sell both the residence and the garden if it did not wish to use the home as a chancellor’s residence or guest house for campus visitors," Block wrote in the letter. "When donors make gifts of property, formal agreements routinely envision a day when the university would no longer find it practical to retain the property."

According to organizers, the protest is from 2-5 p.m. Sunday near the property, 626 Siena Way.

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