Feds Probe California Agencies for Alleged Race-Based Hiring

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The agencies potentially violated civil rights by using racial equity policies when hiring and promoting employees.

Federal investigators are probing Californiaโ€™s two major environmental agencies for possible civil rights violations by allegedly using discriminatory employment practices.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) notified California Environmental Protection (CalEPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB), a division of CalEPA, of the investigation and alleged civil rights violations on Aug. 27.

โ€œRace-based employment practices and policies in Americaโ€™s local and state agencies violate equal treatment under the law,โ€ said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, of the Justice Departmentโ€™s Civil Rights Division. โ€œAgencies that unlawfully use protected characteristics as a factor in employment and hiring risk serious legal consequences.โ€

President Donald Trump banned government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs on his first day in office via executive order. The action applies to all federal employees, contractors, and agencies that receive federal grant funding.

CARB and Cal EPA has received millions of dollars in federal funding each year.

A CalEPA spokesperson confirmed the receipt of the DOJโ€™s investigation notice on Aug. 29.

โ€œWe are aware of the U.S. Department of Justiceโ€™s Aug. 27 announcement, and we are reviewing the notice,โ€ the spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email.

Federal investigators pointed to the California agencyโ€™s use of โ€œracial equityโ€œ practices for hiring, promotion, and retention.

While equality, which has long been the American standard, refers to treating all people the same regardless of background, equity aims for equal outcomes and tries to achieve that by giving preferential treatment to groups that are considered to be disadvantaged or underrepresented.

โ€œPractices to Advance Racial Equity in Workforce Planning,โ€ which remains on Cal EPAโ€™s website as of Aug. 29, highlights practices that the agency says may be applied to increase so-called racial equity in its hiring, promotion, and retention practices and policies.

Cal EPA also has a plan to achieve this through race-based hiring and retention practices, which was adopted in 2020.

The plan aims to increase the number of people of color within the agency by applying a โ€œracial equity lensโ€ to the entire workforce process, from recruitment to promotion.

By Jill McLaughlin

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