Editing Isleton, California (section)

==History==
Isleton was founded 1874 by Josiah Poole. After having the town [[plat]]ted, he constructed a wharf on the Sacramento River, and a booming town soon followed. However, Isleton was flooded in 1878 and 1881, causing Poole financial difficulties and leading him to move out.<ref>{{harvp | Pezzaglia | 2013 | p=33}}</ref> The town also flooded in 1890, 1907, and 1972.<ref>{{harvp | Pezzaglia | 2013 | p=35}}</ref> As agriculture in the surrounding area developed, three canneries opened up in Isleton and other delta towns. The cannery workforce was over 90 percent Asian.<ref>{{cite book | title=Locke and the Sacramento Delta Chinatowns | series=Images of America | first1=Lawrence | last1=Tom | first2=Brian | last2=Tom | author3=Chinese American Museum of Northern California | page=99 | date=2013 | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | location=Charleston, South Carolina | isbn=978-0-7385-9670-9}}</ref>

The Hotel del Rio in Isleton was built in 1949. It contains one of California's legal [[card rooms]]. This featured in the case of ''Novo vs. Hotel del Rio'', decided May 4, 1956, reported in 141 C.A. 2nd, pg 304. This case created a stir because, although gambling debts are not enforceable at law, if money is lost that falls under California's [[community property]] laws, it may be recovered if it can be shown that permission was not given by the other spouse to gamble the money. The case attracted nationwide attention, and was used by [[Erle Stanley Gardner]] in his 1959 [[Perry Mason]] crime novel ''[[The Case of the Singing Skirt]]''.

Chinese began immigrating to Isleton around 1875, and at its peak, the Chinese section of the city had about 1,500 people and included a branch of the [[Bing Kong Tong]].<ref>{{cite episode | url=http://video.pbs.org/video/1912220150/ | title=Isleton Tong | series=History Detectives | series-link=History Detectives | network=[[Public Broadcasting Service]] | date=July 7, 2008 | season=6 | number=2 | access-date=July 15, 2015}}</ref> The city also had a Japantown, just east of Chinatown.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ae9c5e72fc5722892a882ff93475dc42d804d1d5.googledrive.com/host/0B6F4wAOjrKe-YjdKbkJxWFRKV2c/prt1/Isleton_Legacy.htm | title=The Isleton Chinatown Legacy | last=Tom | first=William K. "Bill" | access-date=July 15, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716063608/https://ae9c5e72fc5722892a882ff93475dc42d804d1d5.googledrive.com/host/0B6F4wAOjrKe-YjdKbkJxWFRKV2c/prt1/Isleton_Legacy.htm | archive-date=July 16, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="daily-republic-2014">{{cite news | url=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/isleton-architectural-beauties-waiting-to-feel-the-love/ | title=Architectural beauties waiting to feel the love in Isleton | last=Winlow | first=Susan | newspaper=Daily Republic | location=Fairfield, CA | date=August 24, 2014 | access-date=July 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/Asian_American_and_Pacific_Islander_Heritage/Isleton-Chinese-and-Japanese-Commercial-Districts.htm | title=Isleton Chinese and Japanese Commercial Districts | website=Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage | publisher=National Park Service | access-date=July 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nichibei.org/2010/01/preserving-our-japantowns-history-forgotten-isleton%E2%80%99s-japantown-2/ | title=Preserving our Japantowns: History Forgotten, Isleton's Japantown | first=Jill | last=Shiraki | newspaper=Nichi Bei Weekly | date=January 1, 2010 | access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref> The [[Isleton Chinese and Japanese Commercial Districts|Chinese and Japanese districts]] are in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. (Actor [[Pat Morita]] was born in Isleton in 1932.)

As the canneries folded, the population started to decline,<ref name="daily-republic-2014"/> although it has started to rebound since 2010.<ref name="USCensusEst2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2014/SUB-EST2014.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523034651/https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2014/SUB-EST2014.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 23, 2015 |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 |access-date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref> Its economy was badly hit by the recession in 2007.<ref name="daily-republic-2014"/> In 2010, Isleton attempted to raise money by permitting a [[marijuana]] farm in return for a share of the profits, but it was abandoned after warnings from the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]].<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Isleton-insists-planned-pot-farm-isn-t-dead-yet-2372744.php
| title = Isleton insists planned pot farm isn't dead yet
| newspaper = SF Gate
| access-date = December 16, 2014
| date = May 5, 2011}}</ref>
In 2012, the city lost its police department.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kcra.com/news/30210617/detail.html|title=Isleton Police Department Stops Service|date=January 13, 2012|access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref>