Janss Investment Company

[1] He moved to Los Angeles in 1893, planning to practice medicine but discovered the real estate industry was much more lucrative.

In 1923 after Arthur Letts, Sr., died, they took control of the 3,300-acre (13 km2) William Wolfskill ranch on Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres.

While the UCLA campus was being built, Janss Investment Company went to work developing the Westwood Village commercial area and surrounding residential neighborhoods.

[9][10][11] Due to racial covenants included in the deeds of the buildings in Westwood Village, people of color were barred from patronizing businesses in the area.

[12] After Janss sold the land to help build the UCLA campus, many organizations affiliated with university began to form.

In 1938 an Asian American sorority, Chi Alpha Delta, wanted to purchase the UCLA Religious Conference building with the hopes of setting up a home for its members and students near campus.