Section 12995 Of Chapter 9. Miscellaneous From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 2.8. >> Chapter 9.
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.