Written Communications - PC
Acosta 1 - Received 10/7/24
Written Communications - PC
Acosta 1 - Received 10/7/24
County
official accuses two supervisors of
preventing
his promotion in filed claim
SAN
DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A former Regi
strar of Voters filed a claim
against
the county of San Diego, specifically making allegations against two sitting membe
rs on the Board of Supervisors.
Michael
Vu was appointed
to serve as the county’s Registrar of
Voters in
2012 before he took on his new
role as assistant
chief
administrat
ive officer in 2021.
Accord
ing to Vu’s claim, Vargas stated, “We need a
person
of color,” to w
hich Robbins-Meye
r reportedly replied, “Michael is a person of color,
he is A
sian!” The c
laim reportedly said that Vargas responded,
“That doe
sn’t count, they have opportunities and
education.
We need a Hispanic of black.”
Written Communications - PC
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San Diego Coun
ty Supervisor’s offi
ce sued for
allegedly usi
ng racial slurs against Asian applicant
By Emil
ie St. John Januar
y 22, 2024
The complaint
filed by Jeff Liu in mid-December
2023, alleges he was
offered
a job in the supervisor’s office that would have required him to relocate due to his living in
Sacramento at the time.
He ac
cepted the position on Sept. 11, 2023, and the following week was contacted by Denise Garcia, Chief
of Staff to Supervisor Nora Vargas, inquiring about his relocation status. It was during
that phone call that she allegedly told him to “hurry the f*** up!” Two day
s later, on Sept. 20, Garcia phoned Liu again inquiring about his efforts to relocate where he
explained he secured an apartment and it
was then that he alleges he heard racial
slurs
being uttered by Garcia.
“F***ing Asia
ns and yellow people, always so f***ing slow,
these chinks!”
The com
ments are alleged to have been made due to the office not being satisfied with the tim
e it was taking for Liu to relocate.
Liu then
moved to San Diego on Sept. 25 and the next day Vargas’ office rescinded the job offer with
Garcia alleging he never confirmed his relocation status.
Written Communications - PC
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Written Communications - PC
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Written Communications - PC
Acosta 1 - Received 10/7/24
Written Communications - PC
Acosta 1 - Received 10/7/24