Otto v. Los Angeles Unified School District

Opinion

CROSKEY, J.

In this appeal, we decide the question whether a written memorandum, which documents a meeting between a public safety officer and his supervisor and which is placed in the officer’s personnel file, qualifies as punitive action and warrants the administrative appeal provided for in Government Code sections 3303 and 3304. The trial court ruled that such written memoranda placed in the personnel files of the two appellants in this matter do not constitute written reprimands and, on that basis, denied their request for writ of mandamus relief.

Existing law compels the conclusion…