Cal. Civ. Code § 952

(a) The practice or policy of discrimination against individuals or groups by reason of
their race, color, familial status, religious creed, ancestry, age, sex, national
origin, handicap or disability, use of guide or support animals because of the blindness,
deafness or physical handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer
of support or guide animals is a matter of concern of the Commonwealth. Such discrimination
foments domestic strife and unrest, threatens the rights and privileges of the inhabitants
of the Commonwealth, and undermines the foundations of a free democratic state. The
denial of equal employment, housing and public accommodation opportunities because
of such discrimination, and the consequent failure to utilize the productive capacities
of individuals to their fullest extent, deprives large segments of the population
of the Commonwealth of earnings necessary to maintain decent standards of living,
necessitates their resort to public relief and intensifies group conflicts, thereby
resulting in grave injury to the public health and welfare, compels many individuals
to live in dwellings which are substandard, unhealthful and overcrowded, resulting
in racial segregation in public schools and other community facilities, juvenile delinquency
and other evils, thereby threatening the peace, health, safety and general welfare
of the Commonwealth and its inhabitants.
(b) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this Commonwealth to foster the employment
of all individuals in accordance with their fullest capacities regardless of their
race, color, religious creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, handicap or disability,
use of guide or support animals because of the blindness, deafness or physical handicap
of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals,
and to safeguard their right to obtain and hold employment without such discrimination,
to assure equal opportunities to all individuals and to safeguard their rights to
public accommodation and to secure housing accommodation and commercial property regardless
of race, color, familial status, religious creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin,
handicap or disability, use of guide or support animals because of blindness or deafness
of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of guide or support animals.
(c) This act shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the Commonwealth for the
protection of the public welfare, prosperity, health and peace of the people of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.