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- Requires equal access to the accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges or services of all business establishments.
- Provides for the right to be free from discrimination in public accommodations regardless of sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation or source of income.
- Courts have interpreted this act to prohibit any arbitrary discrimination regardless of whether or not that basis is specifically mentioned in the Act itself.
- Complaints can be directed to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing and must be filed within 1 year.
- As of January 1, 1993, any violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act is also a violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act.
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