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2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> FAIR HOUSING MONTH <br /> WHEREAS, April,2002 marks the thirty-fourth anniversary of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, <br /> the Federal Fair Housing Act,which provides for equal opportunity for all people in the sale, <br /> rental, and financing of housing, and prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, <br /> color,religion, sex, age,or national origin; and, <br /> WHEREAS,the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 added familial status and handicap to those <br /> classes protected by Title VIII and added strong new rights,remedies,monetary penalties, <br /> and judicial and administrative enforcement procedures; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners enacted the Orange County Civil Rights <br /> Ordinance on June 6, 1994,which affords to the residents of Orange County the protections <br /> guaranteed by Title VIII 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 Rights Ordinance and Title <br /> VIII as amended, illegal housing discrimination still occurs in our nation and in our county; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, do we,the Commissioners of Orange County,proclaim April, 2002 as FAIR <br /> HOUSING MONTH and commend this observance to all Orange County citizens. <br /> This the 2nd day of April, 2002. <br /> Barry Jacobs, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />