CHAPTER 7. Enforcement and Hearing Procedures [12960. - 12989.3.]

Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 992.

§§ 12960–12989.3 · 30 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Unlawful Practices §§ 12960–12976 · 19 sections

   • § 12960 (a) This article governs the procedure for the prevention and elimination of practices made unlawful pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 12940) of…
   • § 12961 (a) If an unlawful practice alleged in a verified complaint adversely affects, in a similar manner, a group or class of persons of which the aggrieved person…
   • § 12962 (a) The department shall cause any verified complaint filed for investigation under the provisions of this part to be served upon the person, employer, labor…
   • § 12963 After the filing of any complaint alleging facts sufficient to constitute a violation of any of the provisions of this part, the department shall make prompt…
   • § 12963.1 Upon the filing of a complaint under Section 12960, 12961, or 12980: (a) The department may issue and serve upon an individual, corporation, partnership,…
   • § 12963.2 Upon the filing of a complaint under Section 12960, 12961, or 12980: (a) The department may issue and serve written interrogatories on the same individuals and…
   • § 12963.3 (a) Depositions taken by the department shall be noticed by issuance and service of a subpoena pursuant to Section 12963.1. If, in the course of the…
   • § 12963.4 (a) The department may issue and serve requests for production for inspection and copying of books, records, documents, and physical materials in the…
   • § 12963.5 (a) The superior courts shall have jurisdiction to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of books, records, documents, and physical…
   • § 12963.7 (a) If the department determines after investigation that the complaint is valid, the department shall immediately endeavor to eliminate the unlawful…
   • § 12964 Any agreement entered into by conference, conciliation, persuasion, or other dispute resolution shall be reduced to writing, signed by all parties, and, where…
   • § 12964.5 (a) (1) It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, in exchange for a raise or bonus, or as a condition of employment or continued employment, to do…
   • § 12965 (a) (1) In the case of failure to eliminate an unlawful practice under this part through conference, conciliation, mediation, or persuasion, or in advance…
   • § 12966 Where the department initiates a civil action, or is about to do so, and the party accused of engaging in unlawful practices under this part is a state…
   • § 12971 If, at any time during the proceedings described in this part, after a complaint has been served on a respondent, the complaint is withdrawn by the complainant…
   • § 12973 Within one year of the effective date of every final order or decision issued pursuant to this part, the department shall conduct a compliance review to…
   • § 12974 Whenever a complaint is filed with the department and the department concludes on the basis of a preliminary investigation that prompt judicial action is…
   • § 12975 Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with any member of the department or the council or any of its agents or employees in the…
   • § 12976 Any person who willfully violates Section 12946 concerning recordkeeping is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail, not exceeding…
2. ARTICLE 2. Housing Discrimination §§ 12980–12989.3 · 11 sections

   • § 12980 This article governs the procedure for the prevention and elimination of discrimination in housing made unlawful pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section…
   • § 12981 (a) (1) In the case of failure to eliminate a violation of Section 12955, 12955.1, or 12955.7 that has occurred, or is about to occur, through conference,…
   • § 12981.1 The department shall not dismiss a complaint unless the complainant withdraws the complaint or the department determines after a thorough investigation that,…
   • § 12983 The department at any time after a complaint is filed with it and it has been determined that probable cause exists for believing that the allegations of the…
   • § 12984 Except as provided in Section 12980, all matters connected with any conference, conciliation, or persuasion efforts under this part are privileged and may not…
   • § 12985 When a person is contacted by the department or a member of the department’s staff, following the filing of a complaint against that person, the person shall…
   • § 12986 The department shall within 10 days cause a copy of the verified complaint that has been filed under this part to be served upon or mailed to the respondent…
   • § 12988 The department may engage in affirmative actions with owners in furtherance of the purpose of this part as expressed in Section 12920.
   • § 12989.1 (a) An aggrieved person may commence a civil action in an appropriate court not later than two years after the occurrence or the termination of an alleged…
   • § 12989.2 In a civil action brought under Section 12981 or 12989.1, if the court finds that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, the…
   • § 12989.3 (a) Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of denying to others…