Business, Consumer Services, Housing
1700 Department of Fair Employment, Housing

The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (Department) is responsible for protecting the civil rights of the people of California. The Department receives, investigates, conciliates, mediates, and prosecutes complaints alleging unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodation, and acts of hate violence. The Department is authorized to commence prosecution by filing cases directly in court, and to seek attorney's fees and costs when it is the prevailing party. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • Enforcement Resources - The Budget includes $2.5 million General Fund and 28 positions for the Department to meet its fair employment and housing enforcement caseload and respond to the high volume of Public Records Act (PRA) requests. The Department receives approximately 23,000 employment and housing discrimination complaints and 4,500 PRA requests annually. This adjustment should help the Department meets its statutory requirement to investigate all allegations of civil rights violations. The Department will submit a report to the Legislature by March 1, 2019, to evaluate the effectiveness of the new positions on the enforcement caseload.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Enacted
2016-17*
Positions
Dollars
1490 Administration of Civil Rights Law
179.9
$28,912
1495 Fair Employment and Housing Council
-
10
1500 Department of Justice Legal Services
-
346
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
179.9
$29,268
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
179.9
$29,268

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

 Entire Department of Fair Employment, Housing Budget (pdf * - 15K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 3K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 2K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.