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PROCLAMATION <br /> FAIR HOUSING MONTH <br /> WHEREAS, April, 1999 marks the thirty-first anniversary of Title VIII of the <br /> Civil Rights Act of 1968, the Federal Fair Housing Act, which <br /> provides for equal opportunity for all people in the sale, rental, <br /> and financing of housing, and prohibits housing discrimination on <br /> the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 added familial status and <br /> handicap to those classes protected by Title VIII and added strong <br /> new rights, remedies, monetary penalties, and judicial and <br /> administrative enforcement procedures; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners enacted the Orange <br /> County Civil Rights Ordinance on June 6, 1994, which affords to the <br /> residents of Orange County the protections guaranteed by Title VIII <br /> and additionally encompasses the protected classes of veteran status <br /> and age; and <br /> WHEREAS, in spite of the protections afforded by the Orange County Civil <br /> Rights Ordinance and Title VII as amended, illegal housing <br /> discrimination still occurs in our nation and in our county; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, do we, the Commissioners of Orange County, proclaim the <br /> month of April, 1999 as FAIR HOUSING MONTH and commend <br /> this observance to all Orange County citizens. <br /> This the 6th day of April, 1999. <br /> 1 <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Chair <br /> Board of Commissioners <br />