Santa Ana's deep tradition of trickery, deceit, and evasiveness...and is it true that Greg Rupp wears a helmet & mouthpiece when he drives?

A long time ago, one of Hearing Officer Jim Jackson's friend made a goofy remark that happened to be within earshot of Jim's eternal enemy, Vicki Tamoush. Days later, the friend that made the goofy remark was ordered downstairs and into a dark room to be interrogated. Eventually, the Nazis Stormtroopers figured out that the comment was made as a goof, and the douchebags slithered back under the rock from whence they came.

The powers at DLSE at the time: Jorge Gomez (DLC III), Abigael Calva (DLC IV). Somehow, a remark made in passing was passed onto the powers at DLSE and those powers not only decided to conduct a negligent investigation, but they also never bothered to exonerate Jim Jackson. They never told him that he was under investigation, they never told him that he had rights while under investigation, and they never told him that their finished investigation concluded that he did nothing wrong.

The remark that was made? Jim's co-worker and friend commented that he receives a monetary kickback from the guy who owns the Spanish translation company. Vicki, because she hates Jackson & knowing that it's not true-complains anyway. 99% of her complaints go to Jorge Gomez, so one can safely assume that it was he that bumped it up into a secret investigation. Only recently did Jorge Gomez figure out that the entire office knew what Vicki did to Jim Jackson and Jorge's involvement in it.

To this day, neither Jorge nor Vicki are coming clean with their level of involvement into the super secret investigation into Jim Jackson. This is one small slice of the DLSE's dysfunction, and yes-it does affect service to the public. The public disruption is caused by those in DLSE who bring dishonor and discredit against the very agency they serve.

Vicki Tamoush stops a formal hearing and states that the Plaintiff cannot understand the Spanish translator, even though the Defendant's attorney, one fluent in Spanish, states otherwise. What kind of investigation does the supervisor conduct? None: the word of Vicki Tamoush must be true, since it's been proven that she never gets it right anyway. Tax dollars, state time, and state resources are wasted because now the entire hearing needs to be re-scheduled. If Jorge Gomez plays the tape and discovers that Vicki's accusation is untrue, then you know what happens to Vicki? Nothing: she's one of Jorge's protected tattle-tales, and in the end, the public receives their royal screwing.