Matt Szabo
Daily Pilot, Costa Mesa, Calif.
（MCT）
3月23日 - 上个月在亨廷顿海滩（Huntington Beach）历史悠久的温特堡（Wintersburg）物业大火之后，亚洲亚洲活动家和支持者继续要求答案，摧毁了两座历史悠久的建筑，这些建筑已有一个多世纪的历史。
关于150 gathered Saturday at the 4.5- acre site, which sits on the southeast corner of Warner Avenue and Nichols Lane. Chanting, “Don ‘t trash our history, we deserve the truth !, ” they demanded a full investigation into the fire, which resulted in the loss of the 1910 Mission (church ) and manse (parsonage ) buildings.
Two of the six historic buildings on the property, which represents the settlement of the first generation of Japanese immigrants in California prior to the first alien land law in 1913, were lost in the blaze. The other church on the property, the 1934 Wintersburg Japanese Church, escaped unscathed.
The damaged manse and the mission building were subsequently bulldozed by Republic Services, the waste and recycling company that has owned the site since 2004. Republic has a plant down the street from the site, on Nichols Lane.
Mary Adams Urashima, a Huntington Beach resident and advocate for Historic Wintersburg, said she has filed a public records request for the full investigative report into the fire. But a news release issued by the city Friday stated the Huntington Beach police and fire department investigators found no evidence of arson or a hate crime.
“The initial reaction to the loss of these buildings, the anger that you ‘re hearing from some, has a context, ” Urashima said. “None of this is directed at the fire department. Their efforts were heroic… The response has to do with the context of targeted social media harassment and anti- Asian hate online, using anti- Japanese and anti- Asian rhetoric and graphics, that began in early 2016 and continued for a multiyear period. There is also the ongoing history of the neglect of the property.”
Urashima said Republic has committed “demolition by neglect ” by not taken simple maintenance measures in recent years at the property, such as weed abatement and brush clearing. The city police and fire investigation found evidence of personal belongings at the site, indicating that at least one person was possibly living on the property, though it was unclear whether they were involved in the fire.
此外，调查表明，通过利用附近的电源，电力可能是非法和危险的。Republic Services已告知亨廷顿海滩市，其意图是提高其对该网站的安全性，但对于某些拥护者来说太迟了太晚了。
“It ‘s been a continual effort to notify [Republic ], frequently without response, to the ongoing damage and trespassing and neglect of the property, ” Urashima said. “This property was recognized as one of American ‘s 11 most endangered historic places in 2014, then as a National Treasure in 2015 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It is Orange County ‘s first and only National Treasure historic place.”
亨廷顿海滩的共和国服务在一封电子邮件声明中说，它对未来的想法开放，尽管没有回答有关忽视指控的特定问题。
声明写道：“共和国服务部为成为我们服务的社区中的好邻居而感到自豪。”“我们尊重历史悠久的温特斯堡遗址及其对社区中许多人的意义，并将继续成为该物业的周到的管家。我们仍然愿意听取未来的社区想法，这可能包括可能的销售。”
亨廷顿海滩临时城市经理肖恩·乔伊斯（Sean Joyce）说，他已经与共和国进行了有关财产状况的探索性讨论，包括该市可能的购买，尽管他尚未获得市议会授权谈判条款。
乔伊斯在一封电子邮件中说：“在实质性讨论进展之前，正在获得财产评估。”“重要的是要注意，市长和市议会尚未召集考虑收购该物业，也没有考虑花费任何城市一般资金来收购该物业。”
多年来，海景学区董事会主席吉娜·克莱顿·塔尔文（Gina Claytontarvin）与共和国在历史悠久的温特斯堡（Wintersburg）遗址上进行了战斗。该地区的Oak View幼儿园与该物业相邻，该地点周围的大部分区域都属于OVSD边界。
2019年2月，克莱顿·塔尔文（Claytontarvin）说，她与乌拉希马（Urashima）和共和国员工一起参观了该物业。
“It was absolutely a mess in there, ” she said. “At that time, there was evidence of homelessness, folks who had broken into … I think it was the manse and maybe one of the other buildings. We saw cigarette butts on the floor, we saw broken glass, we saw Coke cans on the ground.
“这对学区来说是完全无法接受的。大火发生时，我们不得不将学校高度警惕，将孩子们留在庇护所的情况下，因为您隔壁有烈火。如果我们[]让孩子们出去玩，他们会在烟中窒息。”
海景学区于2013年起诉了亨廷顿海滩市，此前它将历史悠久的温特堡土地从中密度的住宅重新分区。作为2015年和解的一部分，克莱顿·塔尔文（Clayton-Tarvin）表示，该地区有权拒绝购买历史悠久的温特斯堡物业或将其分配给其他人。
But she said that right expired last November.
她说：“我们无权购买它，但我们可能有机会宣布其杰出的领域权利。”“那里有些人希望我们这样做。我不是说我们要去做。It would have to be brought in front of the whole board… [but ] we ‘re going to continue to push for them relinquishing their rights, whether it ‘s through a sale or some other mechanism, to make sure that they do right by the community and save these structures.”
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