Poole v. Orange County Fire Authority

Opinion

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J.

Under the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act (Gov. Code, § 3250 et seq.),1 a firefighter has the right to review and respond to any negative comment that is “entered in his or her personnel file, or any other file used for any personnel purposes by his or her employer.” (§ 3255.) This case presents the question whether section 3255 *1382gives an employee the right to review and respond to negative comments in a supervisor’s daily log, consisting of notes that memorialize the supervisor’s thoughts and observations concerning an employee, which the supervisor uses…