Baker

I. BACKGROUND

In the complaint’s first cause of action, Baker alleges defendants Taylor, Jon Bevan, Athena Cline, Joey Cook, and Paul Cruz violated section 1981 of title 42 of the United States Code. In the complaint’s second cause of action, Moore alleges defendants Cruz, Sal Perez, and Joe Norman violated section 1981 of title 42 of the United States Code. Both causes of action allege the relevant defendants engaged in racial discrimination against the relevant plaintiff and retaliated against him for reporting discrimination and race-related retaliation. The remaining five causes of action were asserted only by Moore and named only Caltrans as a defendant. They allege Caltrans violated Government Code section 12940, Labor Code sections 98.6 and 1102.5, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the California Family Rights Act. “In accordance with the standard of review, we recite the facts as they are alleged in the complaint.” (Moe v. Anderson (2012) 207 Cal.App.4th 826, 828 (Moe).) Baker is an African American and worked on the B Street bridge crew for almost all of the relevant time period. Another member of this crew, Taylor, is the subject of many of Baker’s allegations. For…