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Grantee continues investigating nursing home practices affecting Japanese American communities in California

This abandoned building is the former location of Sakura Intermediate Care Facility. Photo taken in June 2024 by Randall Yip, AsAmNews

In its continuing coverage of nursing homes that primarily served Japanese Americans in Southern California, AsAmNews reported this month on a facility that evicted dozens of residents three years ago – and hasn’t been demolished or redeveloped since. With support from the Fund, Randall Yip looked into claims from Pacifica, the corporation that owned the facility, and found that the company’s profits have increased significantly. Officials told AsAmNews that the city terminated Pacifica’s application to demolish the building because it failed to provide the city with additional information about the property. Pacifica, meanwhile, claimed that it closed the facility for financial reasons – but AsAmNews obtained tax records showing that Pacifica’s assets nearly tripled, to $81 million, in the year after the facility was closed.