SECTIONS 12993-12996 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 12993-12996

12993. (a) The provisions of this part shall be construed liberally
for the accomplishment of the purposes of this part. Nothing
contained in this part shall be deemed to repeal any of the
provisions of the Civil Rights Law or of any other law of this state
relating to discrimination because of race, religious creed, color,
national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability,
medical condition, marital status, sex, age, or sexual orientation,
unless those provisions provide less protection to the enumerated
classes of persons covered under this part.
(b) Nothing contained in this part relating to discrimination in
employment on account of sex or medical condition shall be deemed to
affect the operation of the terms or conditions of any bona fide
retirement, pension, employee benefit, or insurance plan, provided
the terms or conditions are in accordance with customary and
reasonable or actuarially sound underwriting practices.
(c) While it is the intention of the Legislature to occupy the
field of regulation of discrimination in employment and housing
encompassed by the provisions of this part, exclusive of all other
laws banning discrimination in employment and housing by any city,
city and county, county, or other political subdivision of the state,
nothing contained in this part shall be construed, in any manner or
way, to limit or restrict the application of Section 51 of the Civil
Code.

12993.5. Notwithstanding Section 12993, nothing contained in this
part shall be construed, in any manner or way, to limit or restrict
the application of Section 51.7 of the Civil Code.

12995. (a) Nothing contained in this part relating to
discrimination in housing shall be construed to:
(1) Affect the title or other interest of a person who, prior to
the granting of relief, purchases, leases, or takes an encumbrance on
a housing accommodation in good faith and without either knowledge
or actual notice of the filing of a complaint with the department or
of a civil action.
(2) Prohibit any postsecondary educational institution, whether
private or public, from providing housing accommodations reserved for
either male or female students so long as no individual person is
denied equal access to housing accommodations, or from providing
separate housing accommodations reserved primarily for married
students or for students with minor dependents who reside with them.
(3) Prohibit selection based upon factors other than race, color,
religion, sex, marital status, national origin, ancestry, familial
status, disability, or other basis prohibited by the Unruh Civil
Rights Act.
(4) Promote housing accommodations on a preferential or quota
basis.
(b) Nothing contained in this part relating to discrimination in
housing shall affect the nondiscriminatory enforcement of state and
local public nuisance laws, provided that those laws do not otherwise
conflict with the provisions of this part.

12996. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this part
relating to discrimination in employment or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, shall, for any reason, be adjudged by
a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall
not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this part and the
application thereof to other persons or circumstances, but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part
thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
shall have been rendered and to the person or circumstances involved.