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PROCLAMATION <br />FAIR HOUSING MONTH <br />WHEREAS, April, 1998 mazks the thirtieth anniversary of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of <br />1968, the Federal Fair Housing Act, which provides for equal opportunity for all <br />people in the sale, rental and financing of housing, and prohibits housing <br />discrimination on the bases of race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin; and <br />WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 added familial status and handicap to <br />those classes protected by Title VIII and added strong new rights, remedies, <br />monetary penalties and judicial enforcement procedures; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners enacted the Orange County Civil <br />Rights Ordinance on June 6, 1994 which affords to the residents of Orange County <br />the protections guazanteed by Title VIII and additionally encompasses the protected <br />classes of Veteran status and age; and <br />WHEREAS, in spite of the protections afforded by the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance <br />and Title VIII as amended, illegal housing discrimination still occurs in our nation <br />and in our county; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, do we, the Commissioners of Orange County, proclaim the month of <br />April, .1998, as FAIR HOUSING MONTH and commend this observance to all <br />Orange County citizens. <br />This the 7th day of April, 1998. <br />Mazgazet W. Brown, Chair <br />Boazd of Commissioners <br />