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An Ordinance Prohibiting Discrimination Throughout Orange County
Sec. 12-54.— Prohibited acts.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly:
(3) Discriminate based on the individual's hair texture or hairstyle, if that hair texture or
hairstyle is commonly associated with a particular race, national origin, or religion
(including a hairstyle in which hair is tightly coiled, locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu
knots, and Afros).
The terms "national origin" and "religion" have the same meaning as in §12-6 of the
Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance. The terms "national origin," "religion," and "race"
throughout this Chapter include discrimination based on hair texture or hairstyle
commonly associated with a particular race, national origin, or religion (including a
hairstyle in which hair is tightly coiled, locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, and
Afros).