is the prevailing party in FEHA litigation. (Gov. Code, §§ 112965, subd. (b); 12989.2.) Prior to filing a civil action, require all parties to participate in mandatory dispute resolution in the CRD internal Dispute Resolution Division, free of charge to the parties. (Gov. Code, §§ 12965, subd. (a); 12981, subd. (a).) Authority The CRD is the State agency responsible for enforcing California's civil rights laws and is the largest state civil rights agency in the nation. CRD has five offices located in Elk Grove, Fremont, Fresno, Bakersfield, and Los Angeles. The Elk Grove office is designated as “headquarters” and is where the CRD executive team works. Divisions: Enforcement Dispute Resolution Legal Administrative The CRD also maintains a Special Investigations Unit, Office of Contract Compliance Programs, a Legislative and Regulatory Unit, a Media and Public Affairs Unit and a Public Records Act Request Response Unit. CRD Clinical Programs: DFEH-UC Irvine School of Law Civil Rights Clinic. DFEH-UCD Davis School of Law Employment Discrimination Program. DFEH-CSU Bakersfield Graduate School Civil Rights Clinic. DFEH-College of the Canyons Civil Rights Clinic. DFEH-Rio Hondo College Housing Rights Clinic. DFEH Civil Rights Graduate Fellowships (Graduate Legal Assistant Program). CRD Procedural Regulations: Effective October 7, 2011. Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, §§ 10000–10066. The CRD has unilateral discovery rights during the investigative process, which permit the CRD to issue subpoenas (Gov. Code, § 129603.1), serve written interrogatories and requests for production of documents (Gov. Code, §§ 12963.2, 12963.4) and depose witnesses (Gov. Code, § 129603.3). If an individual or organization fails to comply with a subpoena, interrogatory, request for production, or examination under oath by refusing to respond fully or providing only objections, the CRD may file a petition with a superior court for an order compelling compliance with the discovery, naming the individual or organization that failed to comply as the respondent. (Gov. Code, § 12963.5.) The period of time within which the department may bring a civil action to prosecute a violator is extended by the length of time between the filing of the petition and the filing by the CRD of a certified statement indicating the respondent's compliance with the court's order compelling a response. (Gov. Code, §12963.5, subd. (f).) In the case of failure to eliminate an unlawful practice through conference, conciliation, mediation, or persuasion, the CRD may bring a civil action in the name of the department on behalf of the person