Section 8315 Of Chapter 5. Miscellaneous From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 2. >> Chapter 5.

. (a) "Racial discrimination" or "discrimination on the basis of race" for the purposes of Section 31 of Article I of the California Constitution shall have the same meaning as the term "racial discrimination" as defined and used in paragraphs 1 and 4 of Article 1 of Part I of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, as adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 21, 1965, signed on behalf of the United States on September 28, 1966, and ratified by the United States Senate as Treaty Number 95-18 by United States Senate on June 24, 1994. The language contained in the pertinent provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is set forth in subdivision (b).
  (b) The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, provides in paragraphs 1 and 4 of Article 1 of Part I, respectively, as follows: