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Becerra, Alexis From: Jackie Angel Investor < Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 9:00 AM To: eComment Cc: !City Clerk Subject: SAPID On Trial: Ramirez Wins Retaliation Case Against City, $2.9M Awarded Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. SAPID On Trial: Ramirez Wins Retaliation Case Against City, $2.9M Awarded A unanimous jury verdict found that the city of Santa Ana retaliated against one of its top managers during then -ongoing feuds between two police factions. Ben Camacho Dec 10, 2025 Excerpts from article: "A jury unanimously found that the city of Santa Ana retaliated against Rita Ramirez for her refusal to participate in the Santa Ana Police Department's (SAPD) gang -like loyalty tests and for speaking up about the misogynistic treatment of women during her time as the highest ranking civilian employee at the police department. The jury also unanimously found that the city failed to take steps to correct misconduct by current and former SAPID top brass. Last Friday, the court awarded Ramirez $2.9 million in damages stemming from the retaliation that ultimately pushed Ramirez out of her job as the Police Administrative Manager. "The jury's decision marked the end of a trial that lasted over a month, which came after the three year long civil lawsuit Ramirez filed on October 21, 2022 in the Orange County Superior Court. "The case was one of several pending against the city of Santa Ana filed by current and former SAPID officers that also allege retaliation, harassment or other workplace -related claims. "Ramirez hopes that the verdict "serves as a wake up call to the city of Santa Ana to correct the endemic, systemic problems that they have, to this day, failed to address." "At the trial, testimony from Valentin, Rodriguez, former Deputy Chief Jose Gonzalez, Commander Maria Lopez and others proved to the jury to be, literally, unbelievable." "While Valentin was on the stand, Barber revealed that Valentin, who retired in October 2023, has a contract with the city that gives him $300 per hour to cooperate in the ongoing cases. The contract is not listed on the city's public documents portal. Barber revealed that an amendment to the contract was made specifically for Ramirez's case, where his hourly rate for cooperation was increased to $350 per hour. On the stand, Valentin stated he had not billed the city for any time yet." "Mayor Valerie Amezcua and council members Thai Viet Phan, David Penaloza and Phil Bacerra did not respond to repeated requests for comment." https://inadvertent.substack.com/p/sapd-gang-trial-ramirez