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AUTHORS AND PRINCIPALS
Glynn Custred     Thomas Wood

                   THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS INITIATIVE

         A proposed statewide constitutional amendment by initiative

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  (a) The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential
treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color,
ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public
education, or public contracting.

  (b) This section shall apply only to action taken after the section's
effective date.

  (c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting bona
fide qualifications based on sex which are reasonably necessary to the
normal operation of public employment, public education, or public
contracting.

  (d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as invalidating any
court order or consent decree which is in force as of the effective date of
this section.

  (e) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting action
which must be taken to establish or maintain eligibility for any federal
program, where ineligibility would result in a loss of federal funds to the
state.

   (f) For the purposes of this section, =93state=94 shall include, but not
necessarily be limited to, the state itself, any city, county, city and
county, public university system, including the University of California,
community college district, school district, special district, or any other
political subdivision or governmental instrumentality of or within the
state.

  (g) The remedies available for violations of this section shall be the
same, regardless of the injured party=92s race, sex, color, ethnicity, or
national origin, as are otherwise available for violations of then-existing
California antidiscrimination law.

  (h) This section shall be self-executing. If any part or parts of this
section are found to be in conflict with federal law or the United State
Constitution, the section shall be implemented to the maximum extent that
federal law and the United States Constitution permit. Any provision held
invalid shall be severable from the remaining portions of this section.


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