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HRCA No. 2025-08, HRC No. 2025-10, HPPA No. 2025-10– The Hector Godinez House (433 W. Santa Clara Avenue) September 23, 2025 Page 3 influential as the basis for Brown v. Board of Education at the national level. He served as national president of the LULAC from 1960 to 1961 (United States Congressional Hearing 2002). After working tirelessly for the United States Postal Service, Mr. Godinez was appointed District Manager of Los Angeles and Orange Counties in 1975 and again as the regional director of Sequoia District Office (which managed all mail from the coastal regions to the Mojave in southern California) in 1977 (Los Angeles Times 1975, 1977). He served on several commissions and boards while occupying the subject property including the city redevelopment commission in 1976, served as president of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce and Trustee of Rancho Santiago Community College District in 1976, and the Santa Ana Healthcare Authority in 1979 along with service in education, support for veterans, and unionizing the Santa Ana branch of postal workers (The Register 1976a, 1976b; Los Angeles Times 1979). He was the first Hispanic to be named the president of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce and a founding member of the Santa Ana Redevelopment Board (United States Congressional Hearing 2002). Additionally, Mr. Godinez was the recipient of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Human Rights Award and the Western Region’s Community Service Award, and he was among the first recipients of the Postmaster General’s Award for Executive Achievement. He was distinguished by the National Association of Postmasters, the National League of Postmasters, and the National Association of Postal Supervisors (United States Congressional Hearing 2002). In 1999, Mr. Godinez passed away, and the house sold in 2001 (ParcelQuest 2025). The current residents are Tom Chappell and Elvia Orrillo Blas. Located in the Floral Park neighborhood, the Hector Godinez House consists of a one- story, single-family residence and pool house constructed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Built on an L-plan, the residence is capped with a clay, barrel-tile-clad hipped roof. Siding throughout the residence is rough stucco. Along the west side of the building, an arcade with tiled flooring and an exposed wood ceiling starts from the front of the building, where it shelters an attached two-car garage. The arcade terminates at the north at the deeply set-back front entrance, which is accessed by way of the glazed front door with a terracotta surround. East-facing windows face much of the course of the arcade. Generally, these are wood fixed or tripartite sliding units, though a single sliding vinyl window punctures the wall at the clerestory level. Accessed through a gate and rough stucco-clad walls, the east elevation features wood- frame horizontal sliding wood sash windows and vinyl-frame horizontal sliding sash windows. Additionally, a set of wood-frame French doors sit at the center of the east elevation adjacent to decorative metal sconces. A concrete path runs down the side of the east elevation towards the backyard which features a swimming pool, pool house, and a trellis shade structure. The north elevation accesses the backyard through four entrances: one entrance at the eastern end has a single, glazed wood-frame door and City Council 13 – 188 11/4/2025