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Resident tells supervisors she lost family members, alleges county termination while on leave
Summary
A Tulare County resident told the board she has lost family members to separate tragedies, said she is homeless and alleged the county terminated her employment while she was on leave; supervisors said they would look into possible departmental assistance.
A resident, identified in the meeting as Rachanda Smith (who later said she is also called Roshanda or Rose), spoke during public comment on March 4, telling the board she has experienced multiple personal tragedies and asking for county assistance.
Smith said her son, Demetrius Perry Jones, was killed in a mass shooting five years earlier and that six months before that her…
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