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The Unruh Civil Rights Act (colloquially the "Unruh Act") is an expansive 1959 California law that prohibits California businesses from engaging in unlawful discrimination against all persons (consumers) within California's jurisdiction, where the unlawful discrimination is in part based on a person's sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, medical condition ...
California Civil Code § 3369, enacted in 1872, was California's early unfair competition statute. It "addressed only the availability of civil remedies for business violations in cases of penalty, forfeiture, and criminal violation." [3] A 1933 amendment expanded the law to prohibit "any person [from] performing an act of unfair competition."
1 – Failed – State School Building Aid Bond Law of 1978. 2 – Passed – Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978. 3 – Failed – Taxation Exemption – Alternative Energy Systems. 4 – Passed – City Charters – Boards of Education. 5 – Passed – Administrative Agencies. 6 – Passed – Sheriffs.
Usury (/ ˈ j uː ʒ ər i /) [1] [2] is the practice of making loans that are seen as unfairly enriching the lender. The term may be used in a moral sense—condemning taking advantage of others' misfortunes—or in a legal sense, where an interest rate is charged in excess of the maximum rate that is allowed by law.
(The Center Square) – There are a handful of consumer protection laws Californians will see in 2025. Come Jan. 1, these five bills will take effect: AB 2017 - Declined transaction fees: Proposed ...
The California Consumers Legal Remedies Act ("CLRA") is the name for California Civil Code §§ 1750 et seq. [1] The CLRA declares unlawful several "methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result or which results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer". [2]
California now has an official state bat (the pallid bat) thanks to one new law, and an official state mushroom (the golden chanterelle) thanks to another. But other laws could have a larger impact.
Here are 3 new California laws that may have a widespread impact on wallets in 2025 California Gov. Gavin Newsom was busy in 2024, signing over 1,000 bills, according to local reporters.