Pursuant to Cal. Gov't Code § 12940 and except as provided therein, no person in the classified service, or seeking admission thereto, shall be employed, promoted, demoted, discharged or in any way favored or discriminated against on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age or sexual orientation.
(`83 Code, § 2.76.110) (Ord. 82-4 § 2, 1982)