Government
Jul. 10, 2023
Suit says LA Public Defender Ricardo Garcia is biased against Latinos
The plaintiff, who has been a deputy public defender since 1995, claims he has been passed over for a promotion to head deputy in favor of less experienced, non-Latino candidates due to the office’s reliance on a personal characteristics test that he claims discriminates against Latinos.
The promotion policies in Los Angeles County Public Defender Ricardo Garcia's office were criticized in a lawsuit filed Friday by a deputy defender, claiming that a standardized test used in hiring decisions discriminates against Latinos.
Fernando Nunez, staff attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and counsel for plaintiff Miguel Rosales, called the test a "glorified personality test" and said it "historically...
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