In the News: More fallout from nepotism report: California state worker receives $250,000 from lawsuit
Article as seen in the Sacramento Bee on August 13, 2019
In the News – Contract deal gives 10 percent raise or more to state safety and law enforcement employees
Article found in the Sacramento Bee, July 31, 2019
In The News – California fights to keep nepotism investigation out of employee’s discipline hearing
For the full story visit here: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article228700664.html
In The News – California state agency director wrongly helped hire and promote her daughter, audit says
Excerpt – A former state government administrator allegedly engaged in “gross misconduct” by using the influence of her position to circumvent California’s civil service employment process in hiring and promoting her daughter, according to a state auditor’s report sent Tuesday to Gov. Gavin Newsom. The full article can be read here: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-government-director-nepotism-audit-20190326-story.html
In The News – California department head audited for nepotism, whistleblower retaliation
Excerpt – Although the audit keeps the department and identities confidential, the timeline within the report coincides with the abrupt departure of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Director Christine Baker, who retired around the time a draft copy of the audit was made available. The full story can be found here: https://www.kcra.com/article/california-department-head-audited-for-nepotism-whistleblower-retaliation/26952913
In The News – Nepotism investigation finds state executive got her daughter a job
Excerpt – A former California state government executive under investigation for alleged nepotism sought to undermine a state audit and helped her daughter win promotions that violated state civil service rules, according to a report released Tuesday. The report from State Auditor Elaine Howle does not name the department or identify the director who got […]
In The News – A year after the Veterans Home shooting
Excerpt – YOUNTVILLE — Outside of Madison Hall at the Veterans Home is a splotchy cream wall, where someone has haphazardly painted over brick red letters that once read “THE PATHWAY HOME.” The building has remained shuttered during the past year and the Pathway Home has stopped treating patients. Unlike the letters outside of Madison […]
In The News – Why Napa police officers don’t always ride with partners
Excerpt – When video of an officer-involved shooting surfaced last week, some wondered why a Napa County Sheriff’s deputy was patrolling the rural area alone, without a partner. Contrary to what some might see in police shows, it’s common for officers to ride solo. It’s partly an issue of finances and practicality, wrote Alan Barcelona, […]
In The News – She participated in a nepotism audit. Then she lost her job in California government.
Excerpt – “Socorro Tongco’s career investigating fraud in the workplace didn’t prepare her for the moment in November when her bosses fired her and alleged she misused her time as a state employee. That was a shock she couldn’t understand, except in the context of information she’d given two years earlier to auditors investigating alleged […]
In The News – Now they have a choice. Will California teachers and cops stay in their unions?
Excerpt – Wayne Harris spent the past two years aggressively recruiting new members to his statewide school employee union, knowing it was only a matter of time before the Supreme Court would restrict labor’s ability to collect fees from workers…. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article214022469.html
