Dinslage

David P. Dinslage is a former employee of the Recreation and Parks Department (the Department) of the City and County of San Francisco (the City). As part of a large-scale restructuring of the Department’s recreation programs, Dinslage’s employment classification was eliminated, and he was one of a large number of employees who were laid off. Although he applied to be rehired in a newly created classification, he was not offered a position. He then retired from City employment.

Dinslage sued the Department, the City, and a number of the Department’s managerial employees for age discrimination, retaliation, and harassment in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). (Gov. Code, § 12940, subds. (a), (h), (j).) He claimed the Department had taken a number of adverse employment actions against him based on his age. In addition, he claimed he had been retaliated against and harassed because of his age and his opposition to Department actions that discriminated against people with disabilities.

Respondents, defendants below, moved for summary judgment on all of Dinslage’s causes of action. They claimed, with supporting evidence, that their actions…