Andrew Perry AFSCME District Council 36 Vice President, District IV Los Angeles County Superior Courts (LASC) is weathering a scandal after a report commissioned by LASC’s own consultant found that the management of LASC’s 4,600 employees is “subpar”. AFSCME union employees submitted an information request for a document called “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Assessment Report” on March 13. The report, conducted by Richard D. Harvey and R&K Harvey, LLC, found that court employees were working in a retaliatory and hostile work environment under former Executive Officer Sherri R. Carter. When the union received the DEI, they noticed it was dated August 12, 2022. Carter had resigned a month after that date, in September 2022. LASC’s Own Management Commissioned The Report Almost like a plot twist, it was LASC’s management under Carter that had commissioned Harvey as a consultant to inspect the LASC. LASC didn’t like the findings, and it’s easy to understand why the findings wer...