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• Application and selection process <br />• Unlawful evictions <br />• Terms and conditions of tenancy <br />• Privileges of occupancy <br />• Mortgage loans and insurance <br />• Public and private land use practices (zoning_ <br />• Unlawful restrictive covenants <br />The following categories are protected by FEHA: <br />• Race or color <br />• Ancestry or national origin <br />• Sex, including Gender, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression <br />• Marital status <br />• Source of income <br />• Sexual orientation <br />• Familial status (households with children under 18 years of age) <br />• Religion <br />• Mental/physical disability <br />• Medical condition <br />• Age <br />• Genetic information <br />In addition, FEHA contains similar reasonable accommodations, reasonable modifications, and <br />accessibility provisions as the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act. FEHA explicitly provides <br />that violations can be proven through evidence of the unjustified disparate impact of challenged <br />actions and inactions and establishes the burden -shifting framework that courts and the <br />Department of Fair Employment and Housing must use in evaluating disparate impact claims. <br />The Unruh Civil Rights Act provides protection from discrimination by all business establishments <br />in California, including housing and accommodations, because of age, ancestry, color, disability, <br />national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. While the Unruh Civil Rights Act <br />specifically lists "sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, and medical <br />condition" as protected classes, the California Supreme Court has held that protections under the <br />Unruh Act are not necessarily restricted to these characteristics. In practice, this has meant that the <br />law protects against arbitrary discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of personal <br />appearance. <br />Furthermore, the Ralph Civil Rights Act (California Civil Code Section 51.7) forbids acts of <br />violence or threats of violence because of a person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, <br />age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or position in a labor dispute. Hate <br />violence can include: verbal or written threats; physical assault or attempted assault; and graffiti, <br />vandalism, or property damage. <br />269 <br />75A-548 <br />