NEWSOM hits the trail — DEMOCRATS file ethics complaint against ELDER — LAUSD imposes vax mandate — COSTA defies PELOSI
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Victims deserve justice, not political score settling
After 140 female legislators, staffers and lobbyists signed a shocking letter in 2017 denouncing a California Capitol culture where men “leveraged their power and positions to treat us however they like,” the Legislature had a #MeToo reckoning.
Talk of this toxic culture and the lackadaisical attitude toward it had simmered for years, so the resulting actions were long overdue.
Later that year, two assemblymen and a senator resigned from their seats in the wake of sexual-harassment allegations (which they denied). The Legislature hired legal counsel to investigate harassment claims and agreed to publicize any results, the Los Angeles Times reported. The governor signed a ban on “the common legal practice at the statehouse that allowed lawmakers to reach secret settlements with people they sexually harassed,” the newspaper added.
Former legislative aide accuses California lawmaker of rape
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