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The act banned racial discrimination among mortgage holders, real estate brokers, property owners and landlords who refuse to rent or sell to tenants or potential buyers on the basis of color. [3] The bill passed the California Legislature on September 20, 1963 and was later signed into law by California Governor Pat Brown.
The California Real Estate Association also supported California Proposition 10 on the November 1950 election ballot (adding Article 34 to the California Constitution and known as the "Public Housing Project Law") which made it significantly more difficult to build low-rent housing projects in California communities. [13]
The Unruh Civil Rights Act (colloquially the "Unruh Act") is an expansive 1959 California law that prohibits any business in California 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 ...
The filings, with the California Civil Rights Department, were based on an undercover investigation. Housing nonprofit alleges widespread discrimination against Section 8 tenants in California ...
Racial steering refers to the practice in which real estate brokers guide prospective home buyers towards or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race. The term is used in the context of de facto residential segregation in the United States , and is often divided into two broad classes of conduct:
California Democratic state Sen. Aisha Wahab is seen in Sacramento, California, on March 22, 2023. Wahab's original bill calling for the ban of caste discrimination was amended following ...
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The California Civil Rights Department (CRD), formerly known as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), is an agency of California state government charged with the protection of residents from employment, housing and public accommodation discrimination, and hate violence.