San Joaquin County EEO office reports 45 active formal complaints; staff outline Rule 20 revisions, trainings and employee resource groups

San Joaquin County’s Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Committee on Aug. 6 heard an update from EEO manager David Davis that the county currently has 45 active formal EEO complaints and that staff are preparing revisions to Civil Service Rule 20, expanded EEO training, and a new employee resource group program.

Davis said the EEO office is investigating the 45 active formal complaints and that the office received 12 formal complaints in 2025 and handled eight informal complaints in 2025 that largely moved to the formal process. "Currently we have 45 active formal complaints," Davis said. He gave a breakdown of allegations reported in the active caseload, noting that individual complaints may include multiple allegations: 18 retaliation, 14 race, 12 age, 10 [redacted] harassment, 9 physical/mental disability, 7 color, 5 gender, 4 national origin, 2 [redacted] orientation and 1 religion-related allegation. He said the counts overlap because a single complaint can contain multiple allegation types.

Davis also summarized where complaints originated: San Joaquin General Hospital accounted for the largest share with 11 complaints, the Sheriff’s Office had five, the Public Defender’s Office and Public Works each had four, Community Development four, Probation three, and the District Attorney’s Office three; smaller counts came from HSA, Behavioral Health, Public Health, Agriculture, and other departments. "They're all being investigated, either by staff members or external investigators," Davis said.

On process and oversight, Davis told the committee that the EEO office first attempts informal resolution through an EEO coordinator assigned from the complainant’s department and escalates unresolved…