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Perspective

Aug. 3, 2012

Transformative year for California's civil rights enforcement

Senate Bill 1038 represents a good faith compromise after months of debate. By Phyllis Cheng of the Department of Fair Employment and Housing


What do 1959, 1980 and 2012 have in common? They are all transformative years for the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), California's preeminent civil rights law. In 1959, Gov. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr. signed into law the Fair Employment Practices Act (FEPA), prohibiting employment discrimination for the first time in California. In 1980, Gov. Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr. combined the FEPA and the Rumford Fair Housing Act into the FEHA to pro...

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