The Goal of Equal Employment Opportunity: No Victims*

(F1): Municipalities in Orange County cities are well-versed in EEO issues and maintain exemplary compliance strategies. City Response: The City of Placentia agrees with this finding. The City strives to maintain a workplace environment free from harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.

(F4): Complaint ratios between OC cities and the County of Orange are similar; but differences in how previous complaints were handled in the County led to major problems. City Response: The City of Placentia agrees with this finding. The City strives to maintain a workplace environment free from harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. In addition, the City has policies and procedures in place to thoroughly investigate all complaints received.

(F5): The County and several cities do not offer, or provide limited, training in harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, particularly for line staff. At this time, although line staff training is not required, all staff benefit from EEO training. City Response: The City of Placentia agrees with this finding. The City of Placentia offers harassment, discrimination and retaliation training to management and supervisory staff every two years. In addition to providing this training, the City of Placentia is committed to providing a work environment free of harassment and discrimination. All employees are required to read, acknowledge receipt of, fully comply with and are protected by the City's discrimination and harassment policies. Letter Response to the Orange County Grand Jury Report December 9, 2013

(F6): There are several Risk Management Joint Powers Insurance Pools (of which most cities are members) to ensure adequate coverage and sharing of liability with other member entities. City Response: The City of Placentia agrees with this finding. The City belongs to the Public Agency Risk Sharing Authority of California (PARSAC) which provides coverage for employment practices liability.