2011 California Code
Government Code
TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000 - 22980]
ARTICLE 2. Housing Discrimination
Section 12987.1

(a) Any party aggrieved by the commission s final order for relief may obtain a review of that order in accordance with the provisions of Section 11523 of this code and Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure except that the limitations on the court s remedial powers as described in subdivision (f) of Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall not apply.

(b) The superior court, in reviewing the commission s final order, may award the following relief:

(1) Grant to the petitioner, or any other party, temporary relief, including, but not limited to, a restraining order, or other order as the court deems just and proper.

(2) Affirm, modify, or set aside, in whole or in part, the order, or remand the order for further proceedings, and enforce the order to the extent that it is affirmed or modified.

(c) Any party to the proceeding before the commission or aggrieved person may intervene as a matter of right in the superior court proceeding.

(d) When the time for petitioning a court for review of the commission s order has expired, the department or any party to the commission proceeding may petition a court for a decree enforcing the commission s order. The court may grant any relief necessary to ensure compliance with the commission s order.

(e) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, where the reviewing court denies a petition for writ of mandate seeking review of a commission order or decision, the court shall enter judgment denying the petition and enforcing the commission s order or decision.

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 647, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2005.)