11Under all is the land. Upon its wise utilization and widely allocated ownership depend the survival and growth of free institutions and of our civilization.... The interest of the nation and its citizens requires the highest and best use of the land.... the creation of adequate housing, the building of functioning cities, the development of productive industries and farms, and the preservation of a healthful environment.
—The Preamble to the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Realtors
SAN MARTIN, CALIFORNIA, Sunday, 14 June 1970—It was cool, wet, already the wettest June on record and June not even half over. It was barely five A.M. Wapinski parked his Chevy sedan on Aaron Road, just out of town. He’d driven from Bahia de Martin Mobile Home Community, under Highway 101, nort
