California housing & land-use law
California 2 CCR § 12063. NO Legally Sufficient Justification for Intentional Discrimination.
Title 2, California Code of Regulations (fair housing), as enacted — this section's verbatim text. The library holds selected sections of this code, not the whole code.
- Edition
- 2026-09-25 source snapshot
- Effective
- 2020-01-01
- Last updated
- 2026-10-05
- Jurisdiction
- California
§ 12063¶
A demonstration that a practice is supported by a legally sufficient justification, as defined in section 12062, may not be used as a defense against a claim of intentional discrimination under section 12955.8(a) of the Act.
Note: Authority cited: Section 12935(a), Government Code. Reference: Sections 12920, 12921, 12926, 12927, 12955, 12955.6 and 12955.8, Government Code.
- New section filed 9-16-2019; operative 1-1-2020 (Register 2019, No. 38).
Official source: California 2 CCR § 12063. NO Legally Sufficient Justification for Intentional Discrimination..
Source snapshot retrieved: 2026-09-23T16:55:20.811319+00:00.
Version dates (indexing metadata): Effective 2020-01-01; operative 2020-01-01.
Effective-date evidence (external official source, indexing metadata): This regulatory action becomes effective on 1/1/2020.
Evidence source: https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2019/09/NtcApproval-FairHousingRegulations.pdf
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