Edgerly v. City of Oakland

Opinion

BASKIN, J.*

Deborah Edgerly is the former city administrator of the City of Oakland (City). Edgerly sued the City in 2009, alleging that then Mayor Ron Dellums (Mayor or Dellums) wrongfully terminated Edgerly’s employment in retaliation for her refusal to violate the City’s charter, municipal code, and civil service rules and resolutions.1

Edgerly claims that the trial court erred when it sustained a demurrer to the first two of her three causes of action for violation of the statewide whistle-blower statute set forth in Labor Code section 1102.5, subdivision (c) (section 1102.5(c)).2…