a. Purpose.The Affirmative Action Program is to ensure equal employment opportunity for all persons consistent with the provisions of this document, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, the California Fair Employment Practice Act as amended in 1974, the Americans with Disabilities Act and other such federal, state and municipal statutory provisions as apply.

b. Scope.The scope of the City’s Affirmative Action Program shall include the traditional areas of public personnel management such as recruitment, selection, training, advancement and other areas that would assist in the creation of a work environment conducive to equal employment opportunity.

c. Policy.It shall be the policy of the City to positively pursue the goal of equal employment through an Affirmative Action Program. The basic goal of the program is to ensure that discrimination will not occur against any applicant for employment or employee because of sex, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age (40 years and over), marital status, or disability which would not hamper job performance, by ensuring that treatment will be on the basis of merit, efficiency and effectiveness as determined by competitive procedures. (Ord. 3328, 2003)