{"id":954,"date":"2020-08-17T13:30:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T21:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brayarchitects.com\/WP\/?p=954"},"modified":"2020-08-17T13:35:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T21:35:11","slug":"a-home-for-a-civil-rights-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brayarchitects.com\/WP\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"A Home For A Civil Rights Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brayarchitects.com\/WP\/?attachment_id=467\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brayarchitects.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/V-After-B.jpg?fit=700%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SI-1080 Film Scanner Model DLS1640&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1134307209&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"V-After-B\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brayarchitects.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/V-After-B.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brayarchitects.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/V-After-B.jpg?fit=584%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-467\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brayarchitects.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/V-After-B.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brayarchitects.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/V-After-B.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brayarchitects.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/V-After-B.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Louis Verdugo grew up in East Los Angeles; earned his way through Stanford University, and then graduated Stanford University Law School. Mr. Verdugo, a fine lawyer, rose to the position of Senior Assistant Attorney General of The State of California, in Charge of\u00a0Civil\u00a0Rights. He held this position for decades, through several administrations, including Governor Jerry Brown.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Mr. Verdugo and his wife chose Bray Architects to completely remodel the interior and exterior of their\u00a0home; while extensively adding a new second story. Their\u00a0home\u00a0is located in Brentwood, California. Since completion of construction, their\u00a0home\u00a0has become a standard of beauty for their West Los Angeles neighborhood.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louis Verdugo grew up in East Los Angeles; earned his way through Stanford University, and then graduated Stanford University Law School. Mr. Verdugo, a fine lawyer, rose to the position of Senior Assistant Attorney General of The State of California, in Charge of\u00a0Civil\u00a0Rights. He held this position for decades, through<a href=\"https:\/\/brayarchitects.com\/WP\/?p=954\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8BTj3-fo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":957,"url":"https:\/\/brayarchitects.com\/WP\/?p=957","url_meta":{"origin":954,"position":0},"title":"Lawrence R. 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