Nepotism investigation expands at California agency: 'I can't wait for the truth to come out'
Seven high-level California government employees could face discipline for their roles in helping a former state department director promote her daughter and favor at least one other job applicant, according to a State Personnel Board report published Thursday.
Identifying employees by their initials only, the report says former Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker called on coworkers to circumvent state rules to get her daughter hired and promoted while shielding her from discipline.
The Personnel Board’s report was based on a review of statements and documents gathered by California State Auditor Elaine Howle, who drew similar conclusions from the materials in a report published last month.
Baker, reached by phone Thursday, vigorously disputed the findings by Howle’s office that informed the two reports, saying the auditor’s office omitted key facts and that she wasn’t contacted by the Personnel Board for its investigation.
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