§ 12-2. Findings of fact, purpose, construction, and severability.

Findings of fact.

(a)

The Orange County Board of Commissioners created the Orange County Human Relations Commission to: (1) study and make recommendations concerning problems in the field of human relationships; (2) anticipate and discover practices and customs most likely to create animosity and unrest and to seek solutions to problems as they arise; (3) make recommendations designed to promote goodwill and harmony among groups in the County irrespective of their race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, affectional preference, disability, age, marital status or status with regard to public assistance; (4) monitor complaints involving discrimination; (5) address and attempt to remedy the violence, tensions, polarization, and other harm created through the practices of discrimination, bias, hatred, and civil inequality; and (6) promote harmonious relations within the County through hearings and due process of law; and

(b)

The Orange County Human Relations Commission duly organized, advertised, and conducted public hearings on discrimination in the areas of, among others, employment, housing, and public accommodations; and

(c)

The Orange County Human Relations Commission has determined that discrimination exists in Orange County in the areas of, among others, employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of, or because of, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation and veteran status.

(Ord. of 8-3-1995, Art. II, § 2.1, eff. 1-1-1995)