Jones

I. BACKGROUND1

In 2015, Jones was terminated from his position as a deputy sheriff in the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department. The termination notice advised

1 We take facts from the complaint and matters subject to judicial

notice. (See Brown v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. (2016) 247 Cal.App.4th 275, 279.) In support of its demurrer, the City requested judicial notice of numerous documents, including two prior complaints Jones

1 Jones that he had the right to appeal the decision pursuant to the San Francisco Civil Service Commission rule 122 procedures. Jones appealed and requested arbitration. In 2017, the arbitrator found in Jones’s favor. The arbitrator’s award reduced the penalty to a written reprimand and directed Jones to be reinstated, with back pay and benefits. The City’s counsel then advised Jones he would be reinstated. Subsequently, however, the then- sheriff informed Jones she was rejecting the arbitrator’s award based on a provision of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the City and the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association (SFDSA) providing that an appeals decision which recommended a reduction in discipline was not binding on the…