Portis

BACKGROUND

Portis challenges only procedural aspects of his termination. On June 23, 2021, police notified the Department that Portis had been criminally charged with engaging in revenge pornography against C.C. The Department investigated and learned that in September 2020, C.C. reported to police that Portis broke the windows on and poured orange paint into her car. On October 6, 2021, the Department interviewed Portis, who admitted to vandalizing C.C.’s vehicle and engaging in revenge pornography against her. On November 19, 2021, the Department charged Portis with one count of vandalizing C.C.’s car with paint, one count of slashing her tires, and one count of posting sexually explicit videos of C.C. on pornographic websites without her consent. On December 9, 2021, Deputy Chief Stephen L. Gutierrez prepared and verified a formal complaint, set forth on “Form

2 F-501,” thereby declaring under penalty of perjury that the allegations were true. Also on December 9, 2021, then Fire Chief Ralph M. Terrazas executed “Form F-223,” thereby reporting to the Board of Fire Commissioners for the City of Los Angeles (Fire Commission) that Portis was to “go before a Board of Rights on…