Expressing Preferences in Ad for A Housemate (CA)

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Is it lawful or unlawful?

For a person or household who own a detached SFR house in California, and looking for help to pay their mortgage in exchange for providing 1 private bedroom with private bath, but shared kitchen, to indicate in their ad and/or orally any such preferences in their ideal housemate(s) for:

1. ONLY ONE PERSON?

2. ONLY ONE SEX/GENDER?

3. NO PETS?

4. NO KIDS/ACCOMPANYING MINORS?

5. ETHNICITY/RACE?

7. A QUALIFYING LANGUAGE? (IE, 'WE ARE ALL DEAF MUST KNOW ASL' OR 'SOLO HABLAMOS ESPANOL')

8. A DISQUALIFYING HANDICAP (IE, 'STEPS THROUGHOUT NO WHEELCHAIRS PLEASE')

9. NO OVERNIGHT GUESTS

10. A SOCIOSEXUAL REQUIREMENT (IE, 'MUST BE OKAY WITH BISEXUAL HOUSEMATES')

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Renting a room to a roommate in CA allows for more "discrimination" such as gender preference, family size and children.  Ethnicity/Race discrimination is never OK.  Pretty sure you can never disqualify for disability. It's not your call whether the property is appropriate for the disability, but rather the applicant's call. Even though renting a room in your own home allows for more discrimination, you still can't advertise most of your preferences.  Start here, on page 13.  

http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/catenant.pdf