Lawsuit claims lawmaker retaliated against employee for reporting misconduct
- Pa’tanisha Davis Pierson sued Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías and the California Assembly over alleged racial discrimination and retaliation after reporting suspected campaign work during state time.
- Davis Pierson alleges that Ávila Farías reduced her responsibilities and treated Black staff and interns unfairly after the report.
- The Assembly’s Workplace Conduct Unit opened an investigation into the allegations.
- Ávila Farías denied the allegations and said she would defend herself through the legal process.
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California Dem lawmaker was racist to staff, gave ‘unwanted hug’ to staffer who also got ‘body-checked’ by colleague: suit
Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías is accused of allowing rampant racial discrimination against her black employees — including a whistleblower who was allegedly “body-checked” by a colleague.
POLITICS: Concord Assemblywoman Sued by Former Staffer Over Racial Discrimination, Retaliation Claims – The Beltway Report
A former district director for Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías has sued the Concord Democrat and the California Assembly, alleging she faced racial discrimination, retaliation and harassment after reporting suspected misuse of taxpayer-funded time for campaign work. The lawsuit, filed last week in Contra Costa County Superior Court by Pa’tanisha Davis Pierson, accuses Ávila Farías’s office of allowing a pattern of mistreatment toward Black …
Concord Assemblywoman Sued by Former Staffer Over Racial Discrimination, Retaliation Claims
A former district director has sued Concord Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías and the California Assembly, alleging racial discrimination, retaliation and harassment after she reported suspected campaign work being done on state time.
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Lawsuit claims lawmaker retaliated against employee for reporting misconduct
A former staffer for Democratic Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías accuses the lawmaker of whistleblower retaliation and racial discrimination in a recently filed lawsuit.
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