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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices to make medical marijuana patients a protected class and restrict discrimination against them.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices, are hereby amended as follows:
?651.02 - Declaration of Policy
(a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the city, in the exercise of its powers for the protection of the public safety and the general welfare, for the maintenance of peace and good government and for the promotion of the City's trade, commerce and manufacturers, to assure the right and opportunity of all persons to participate in the social, cultural, recreational and economic life of the city, and to assure equal opportunity for all persons to live in decent housing facilities, free from restrictions because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, place of birth, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, familial status, age, status as a victim of domestic violence, handicap or disability or use of support animals, because of the handicap or disability of the user; and
(b) It shall be the public policy of the City to prohibit discrimination because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, place of birth, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, familial status, status of a victim of domestic violence, age, nonjob-related handicap, or disability in employment, or status as a medical marijuana patient, and;
(c) It shall be the public policy of the City to prohibit discrimination because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, place of birth, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, familial statu...
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