The State - News from Feb. 10, 1988

San Diegans with AIDS and AIDS-related complex will soon be able to sue landlords, businesses and employers who discriminate against them for potentially large punitive damages as a result of a new city ordinance. The law, approved by an 8-1 City Council vote, makes it illegal to deny housing, employment, and business and government services to people diagnosed with or suspected of having acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The ordinance provides for those who suffer AIDS-related discrimination to file a lawsuit to obtain a court injunction and receive monetary damages. San Diego is now the eighth city or county government in California to pass such a law.