The Unity Care Group v. County of Santa Clara, California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 THE UNITY CARE GROUP, Case No. 22-cv-02221-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS
v.
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA,
CALIFORNIA,
12 Defendant.
14 Plaintiff Unity Care Group is a non-profit organization that provides services to youth 15 transitioning out of foster care. Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 2. From 2008 to 2019, it contracted with defendant 16 Santa Clara County to provide “wraparound services” to improve outcomes for “African 17 Ancestry” children and families in the County’s foster care system. Id. ¶¶ 15-18. Unity Care is 18 led by African American officers and directors. Id. ¶ 75. It states that it was the County’s largest 19 employer of African Ancestry staff and largest service provider to the African Ancestry 20 community. Id. 21 Unity Care says it was underpaid by the County compared to “white-led” organizations, 22 and that the County defunded and terminated its services without justification. Id. ¶¶19-47. It 23 alleges that these actions by the County constitute race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 24 and…