This part may be known and referred to as the “California Fair Employment and Housing Act.”
Cal. Gov. Code § 12900
General Provisions
Known as the California Fair Employment and Housing Act
The act spans §§ 12900–12999 (115 sections).
Applied in 550 court decisions — leading case 43 Cal. 3d 1379 - Dyna-Med, Inc. v. Fair Employment & Housing Commission (1987)
Most recently applied in Jose Ronderos v. Usf Reddaway, Inc. (August 2024)
Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 992.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.