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Leadership at San Diego Workforce Partnership has been shaken up amid a pending civil lawsuit that names the previous CEO and the nonprofit.

Callstrom's contract was not renewed amid a lawsuit against the CEO and nonprofit that alleges discrimination and harassment.

The mother of a woman who died in a San Diego County jail rallied last week for justice for her daughter, with the help of a local advocate. We hear about how the daughter's death led to change and a friendship. Then, the Measure A sales tax was passed by Chula Vista voters in 2018 to hire more than 100 public safety personnel, but now the city is using those tax revenues to buy more police cars and drones. Finally, “The Nineteenth” is on stage at the Old Globe. We’ll hear from the author of the play.

Callstrom has been on leave since November, when a group of employees accused him of pervasive racist and sexist employment practices. The partially taxpayer-funded nonprofit will not renew his employment contract.

A former employee at San Diego Workforce Partnership, a nonprofit that provides career services, sued the organization and CEO, Peter Callstrom. The complaint was filed in December and alleges harassment and micromanagement targeted at certain employees.