Post by Logan on Jan 16, 2016 3:25:12 GMT -6
A dozen state workers are suing the Board of Equalization, alleging that agency leaders for years have known its 24-story headquarters is a health hazard but continue to tell employees that the building is perfectly safe.
The lawsuit filed in Sacramento Superior Court stems from mold and other defects at the board’s downtown Sacramento tower where roughly 2,200 employees work for the tax-collecting agency. Sacramento attorney Anthony Perez is seeking class-action status for the case and an unspecified sum of money for his clients.
Board of Equalization spokeswoman Venus Stromberg said the agency does not comment on pending litigation. The state Department of General Services, which manages the tower at 450 N St., has long publicly said that the building is safe.
Perez, however, said that state officials “are talking out of both sides of their mouths” by stating the facility is safe while at the same time issuing a media resource website in October that says the tower needs “$40 million for repairs and mediation” plus twice as much to relocate operations during the extensive repairs.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article54978640.html
The lawsuit filed in Sacramento Superior Court stems from mold and other defects at the board’s downtown Sacramento tower where roughly 2,200 employees work for the tax-collecting agency. Sacramento attorney Anthony Perez is seeking class-action status for the case and an unspecified sum of money for his clients.
Board of Equalization spokeswoman Venus Stromberg said the agency does not comment on pending litigation. The state Department of General Services, which manages the tower at 450 N St., has long publicly said that the building is safe.
Perez, however, said that state officials “are talking out of both sides of their mouths” by stating the facility is safe while at the same time issuing a media resource website in October that says the tower needs “$40 million for repairs and mediation” plus twice as much to relocate operations during the extensive repairs.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article54978640.html