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Proposition 209 (also known as the California Civil Rights Initiative or CCRI) is a California ballot proposition which, upon approval in November 1996, amended the state constitution to prohibit state governmental institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity, specifically in the areas of public employment, public contracting, and ...
In 2020, only 372 new laws were signed by the Governor and enacted in California, the lowest number since 1967. Generally, most of the laws were passed in response to traumatic events of 2020, including the devastation of the pandemic, the record-setting California wildfires, and ongoing racial terrorism. [15]
The bold new policy comes at a good time: The United States is short by millions of housing units and California alone, by some counts, needs more than 3.5 million.
The California and federal constitutions provide all people equal protection, which generally means that people in similar situations are treated similarly under the law. Federal law establishes a right to equal protection and as a result limits how "protected classes" such as race and gender may be used in decision-making.
When laws are enforced inconsistently, it can lead to arbitrary outcomes, favoritism, and unequal treatment under the law. Individuals from marginalized communities may face harsher penalties, while others escape accountability due to their social status or connections.
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 ...
Segal, the employment law lawyer, said the case will have an impact even in the parts of the country where courts are not using the “background circumstances” rule.
Malby Law (1895) [9] Ives-Quinn Act; Marriage Equality Act (2011) Dignity for All Students Act (2010) New York Human Rights Law (1945) Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (2019) Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (2002) CROWN Act (2019) 2024 New York Proposal 1; Oregon Oregon Constitution, Article I, §46 (2014) CROWN Act (2021 ...