Both California and federal law protect the rights of disabled members of the public to access and use privately owned places of public accommodation. In California, Section 54, et seq., of the Civil Code provides that people with disabilities "shall have the same right as the able-bodied to the full and free use of ... public buildings," and guarantees "full and equal access, as other members of the general public, to accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges" of places of public accommodation. Cal. Civ. Code § 54.1. Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides that "no individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability" in places of public accommodation. 42 U.S.C. § 12182(a). Title III contains comprehensive implementing regulations describing ways in which places of public accommodation can (1) construct and alter facilities to make them accessible to disabled patrons, (2) remove barriers to access in existing facilities to make
