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Becerra, Alexis From: Jackie Angel Investor < Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 1:10 PM To: eComment Cc: Durham, Daniel Subject: Re: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL— EXISTING LITIGATION Attachments: Cardenal_-_Complaint[2].pdf Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. Anthony Cardenal v. City of Santa Ana police officer retaliation employment claim (attached) "On August 24th 2022, Cardenal exhausted his administrative remedies by causing City to be served with a government claim. On August 29th 2022, although Ciity, via its third party administrator, acknowledged receipt of the claim and stated that it "would be communicating with Cardenal in the near future in regard to this matter", Cardenal was never contacted and the claim was denied by operation of law. Additionally on or about August 29th 2022, Cardenal filed a complaint with the department of Fair employment and housing and, on September 6th, 2022, Cardenal caused both his complaint and the resulting right to sue notice to be served on City." "During this time, myriad claims have been made against City as a result of Chief Valentin's unlawful acts of, inter alia, harassment including claims of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation. Despite these numerous claims of unlawful conduct over the years, City has allowed this unlawful conduct to continue." "The Major Enforcement Team ("MET") is a swat-like team "created" in January 2020 by City police chief David Valentin. Persons associated with MET are considered to be part of Chief Valentin's It "City entirely and improperly ignored the police department's "vote of no confidence" in Chief Valentin. On September 1st 2021, the POA membership completed a 'vote of no confidence' vote against Chief Valentin with 54%voting that they had no confidence that he was capable of being the chief of police. City responded a mere 87 minutes afterwards by posting a memo on social media with statements from mayor Vicente Sarmiento and city manager Christine Ridge voicing their support for chief Valentin. Commander Enriquez then sent this memo to all department employees. Cardenall formally complained/disclosed to City leadership in writing City's unlawful/inappropriate conduct and was entirely ignored. On September 2nd, 2021, Cardenal responded to Commander Enriquez and copied mayor Sarmiento, city manager Ridge, City attorney Sonia Carvalho and City human Resources director Jason Motsick, disclosing Chief Valentin's misconduct, as well as that of Sergeant Lizardi and his MET team "It amazes me that a professional government organization would allow Sergeant lessardi to continue to come to work everyday given the gravity of his actions. REQUEST FOR TRIAL BY JURY Cardenal hereby demands a trial by jury. 11/15/22 https://cityofsantaanaca.nextrequest.com/requests/26-719 From:Jackie Angel Investor<jcordova4@msn.com> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2026 7:21 PM 1