Richards

This matter comes before the court on the County of Los Angeles and the Department of Public Work’s (collectively “Defendants’ ”) motion for summary judgment and Tracy Carter, Enma DeLeon, Jackie Gentry, Grace Leriget, Glenda Medlock, Miriam Mendoza, Nicole Merrier, Michelle Minjarez, Pablo Sanchez, (the “Carter Plaintiffs”) and Amber Richards and John Lopez (the “Richards Plaintiffs”) cross motions for summary judgment.

After reviewing the materials submitted by the parties, considering the arguments therein, and hearing oral argument, the court GRANTS the Carter and Richards Plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment in part and DENIES them in part; the court DENIES Defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

The Carter Plaintiffs and Amber Richards are dispatchers who work for the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works (“DPW”).

In August 2008, Angelica Cobian of the DPW’s Internal Audit Division received an anonymous complaint alleging possible employee misconduct by government employee Richards. (Carter Pi’s Statement of Uncontroverted Facts (“SUF”) ¶ 67.) The complaint alleged that, among other misconduct, Richards had engaged in sexual activity with a…