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1 87. Assistant City Attorney Tamara Bogosian reviewed the PRA and provided RAMIREZ with 2 the document to be released. 3 4 88. The document was then released and printed in a local publication. 5 89. Valentin immediately called a meeting - with an approximate 10-minute notification - to 6 include RAMIREZ, Bogosian, Plotnik and others. 7 90. (This was the first time RAMIREZ had met with Valentin-for any reason-in over one year.) 8 9 91. The obviously-angry Valentin asked why the email had been released. 10 92. RAMIREZ explained that it had been released because it was a responsive public record. 11 93. Despite Bogosian's specific statement to Valentin that she had instructed RAMIREZ to 12 release the document, Valentin became obviously upset with RARMIREZ (not Bogosian), excused 13 14 RAMIREZ from the meeting and then continued the meeting with the rest of the attendees. 15 94. It was evident that RAMIREZ had clearly become Valentin's"fall-guy" - first because she 16 refused to pick a"camp",then because she submitted a memo that did not"rat"on others and then because 17 she refused to withhold properly responsive documents from a PRA request. 18 19 J. CITY Continued to Unlawfully Retaliate Against RAMIREZ. 20 95. Shortly afterwards, although RAMIREZ served as the legally-recognized "custodian of 21 records"for CITY who was legally bound to abide by the PRA, Valentin, in an obvious improper effort to 22 control publicly released information, removed RAMIREZ from the handling of any PRAs that were 23 24 associated with Valentin or his office,the Voice of OC and the POA(or anyone associated with the POA). 25 96. Rather than Valentin following the law (and/or blaming Bogosian for certain decisions), 26 Valentin refused to follow the law,blamed RAMIREZ and began to talk behind RAMIREZ's back, falsely 27 implying to various persons in leadership that RAMIREZ did not know how to do her job. 28 12 RAminzv. CITYOFSANTAANA CASENO. COMPLAINT