{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-53.7","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 53.7","heading":"","body":"(a) A statute, ordinance, or other state or local rule, regulation, or enactment shall not deny a minority group political structure equal protection of the law by altering, restructuring, or reordering the policy decisionmaking process in a manner that burdens the ability of members of the minority group to effect the enactment of future legislation, solely with respect to a matter that inures primarily to the benefit of, or is primarily of interest to, one or more minority groups.\n(b) (1) A member of a minority group, as defined in paragraph (2), may bring a civil action challenging the validity of a statute, ordinance, or other state or local rule, regulation, or enactment, pursuant to subdivision (a).\n(2) For purposes of this section, “minority group” means a group of persons who share in common any race, ethnicity, nationality, or sexual orientation.\n(c) A statute, ordinance, or other state or local rule, regulation, or enactment shall be determined valid in an action brought pursuant to this section, only upon a showing by the government that the burden imposed by the statute, ordinance, or other state or local rule, regulation, or enactment satisfies both of the following criteria:\n(1) The burden is necessary to serve a compelling government interest.\n(2) The burden is no greater than necessary to serve the compelling government interest.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 1. PERSONS [38. - 86.]","PART 2. PERSONAL RIGHTS [43. - 53.7.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"91a680754047b247fa1368c60b3eea3df0f19edb5b70a9cf9b494437f1a07402","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-53.5","next":"us-ca/civ-54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}