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1 33. Deputy Chief Enrique Esparza entered the room and reprimanded the women who had done 2 nothing improper. 3 4 34. The women were then ordered to participate in the remaining portion of the conference from 5 the police station. 6 35. Needless to say,this conduct-coupled with CITY's sexist reference to the event at Sergeant 7 Ponce de Leon's residence as a"pajama part'- created a lot of bad feelings. 8 9 36. At some point in time,the women asked now-former CITY Police Administrative Manager 10 Rita Ramirez (who has filed her own Superior Court Complaint for retaliation, discrimination and 11 harassment against CITY) to attend the remainder of the conference with them at the station. 12 37, After the conference was over,the women began to discuss how poorly both sworn and non- 13 14 sworn women in the police department were being treated.under Chief Valentin's leadership. 15 38. VALDEZ is informed and believes that,as soon as Chief Valentin learned of this discussion, 16 he ordered Ms. Ramirez to write a"memo" regarding the discussions - not so that he could address the 17 important issues -but so that he could learn who said what to whom and retaliate against them. 18 19 39. On September 11,2020,Ms.Ramirez did as ordered and submitted her 3-page memo which 20 described the "topics of discussion" as; 21 "The language used towards females versus males such as tone, demeanor, verbiage and 22 condescending behavior"; 23 "Double standards in regards to the way women are treated in general"; 24 "Retaliation for speaking up. If a woman complains then they are being `emotional"'; and 25 26 "If a woman makes a`mistake'then the mistake is magnified or highlighted throughout their career and used against them." 27 11l 28 111 VAL uzv.Wy OH SANTA ANA CASHNo. COMP[.AW