Cucuzza

Plaintiff Sue Cucuzza sued her employer, the City of Santa Clara (City) under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.) Plaintiff claimed that beginning in 1993 City had unlawfully discriminated against her by limiting her job duties to clerical and administrative tasks and assigning technical duties to less qualified men. City filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground that the statute of limitations barred any action on most of the adverse actions alleged and that it had a legitimate, nondiscriminatory explanation for the conduct that occurred within the limitations period. The trial court granted the motion and entered judgment in favor of City.

Plaintiff argues on appeal that none of the incidents of which she complains are barred because City’s conduct was a “continuing violation” of the Fair Employment and Housing Act as defined by Richards v. CH2M Hill, Inc. (2001) 26 Cal.4th 798 [ 111 Cal.Rptr.2d 87 , 29 P.3d 175 ] (Richards). We find that the continuing violation doctrine does not apply in this case and that summary judgment was properly granted.

Facts

City hired plaintiff in 1988 as a purchasing utility worker in…