{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-12955.4","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 12955.4","heading":"","body":"Nothing in this part shall prohibit a religious organization, association or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of dwellings that it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion or from giving preference to those persons, unless membership in that religion is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [11000. - 15990.3.]","PART 2.8. CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT [12900. - 12999.]","CHAPTER 6. Discrimination Prohibited [12940. - 12957.]","ARTICLE 2. Housing Discrimination [12955. - 12957.]"],"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":"614080d122417fcc6f5e749dae8f9040b7f2b9206891949e94b4a520ba969cbb","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-12955.3","next":"us-ca/gov-12955.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}