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Ousted dean: Chico State administrators failed to address discrimination allegations

Ousted dean: Chico State administrators failed to address discrimination allegations

New court documents argue that crude remarks were made
Newly-released court documents reveal more about alleged harassment and disparaging remarks aimed at Patricia Stock, a native of Argentina and former dean of California State University, Chico’s College of Agriculture. The documents were released in the discovery phase of Stock’s lawsuit — filed in 2023 — against Chico State President Steve Perez and CSU’s Board of Trustees. The lawsuit alleges …

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The Chico Police Department requires that applicants, “Be free from any physical, emotional, or mental condition, including bias against race or ethnicity, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation, which might adversely affect the exercise of the powers of a peace officer.”

A.P. Porter

I don’t know anybody like that.  Neither do you. That requirement is high-minded and unattainable.

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“These were my thoughts exactly. There is nearly no editorializing of this story, just facts laid out pretty clearly.”
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