RESPONSE TO A PUBLIC

RECORDS REQUEST
BRYANT CAMARENA
SPB Case No.: 15-0144

Prepared by
California State Personnel Board
February 18, 2015

RECORD CERTIFICATION
I, Mona L. Brooks, hereby certify that the attached documents are the true and correct
copies of the following official records of the California State Personnel Board for:

APPELLANT:

Bryant Camarena

SPB Case Number(s):

15-0144

The State Personnel Board (SPB) has redacted social security numbers and other
personally identifying information from these records prior to disclosure. The SPBs
redactions can be found on page(s): 2, 5, 10, 13, 16 and 23.
Should you have any questions about the redactions, please contact me at the
telephone number listed below.

________________________
Mona L. Brooks
Custodian of Appeal Records
California State Personnel Board
916.651.8645

February 18, 2015

RESPONSE TO A PUBLIC
RECORDS REQUEST
Bryant Camarena
SPB Case No.: 15-0144

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Documents
Appeal

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February 03, 2015

Re:

Bryant Camarena
SPB Case No. 15-0144
Appeal originally filed on 02/02/15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER

The Appeals Division has received an appeal from a/an Demotion. Accordingly, this case
has been set for a Prehearing and Settlement Conference (PHSC). The PHSC notice is
attached to this letter. If either party has a calendaring conflict with the PHSC date, a
Notification of Conflict for Calendared PHSC form may be submitted in lieu of a Motion to
Continue Hearing. This document is available in the Forms and Reports section of the
SPB website.
The parties and their representatives are expected to be familiar with the SPB
procedural regulations, and failure to comply may result in evidentiary sanctions.
The applicable regulations are available on the SPB website. Please see the Appeals
Procedures section at www.spb.ca.gov.
While this appeal is pending, the parties may wish to consider mediation as a method to
resolve this matter. If the parties agree to proceed with mediation, the State Mediation and
Conciliation Service offered by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), may be
able to assist you.
For more information about mediation, please visit
http://www.perb.ca.gov/SMCS.aspx.
With this letter, party representatives will receive the SPB ALJ Peremptory Strike List. In
addition to a copy of the Strike List, unrepresented appellants will also receive a copy of the
Evidentiary Appeals Hearing Procedures document. These forms, as well as the Contact
Update Form, are available on the SPB website. To assist in SPBs effort in moving toward a
paperless process, please return completed forms by electronic mail to appeals@spb.ca.gov.
If you are an unrepresented individual and do not have access to a computer, please contact
the Appeals Division by calling (916) 653-0799 and these forms will be mailed to you.
For additional information, please visit the Appeals section of the SPB website.
Sincerely,
_________________________________________________________________________________________

Jill Spitz
Appeals Division

SPB000020
EV - Ack with PHSC
Response
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Rev. 08/11/2014
Created 04/25/2012

SPB ALJ Peremptory Strike List

SPB Case No: 15-0144
Each party scheduled to appear at an evidentiary hearing before a State Personnel Board (SPB)
Administrative law Judge (ALJ), will have the choice of striking one ALJ from the list below. This
strike of an ALJ will prevent that particular ALJ from conducting the hearing during which
evidence will be taken regarding this case. If you strike more than one ALJ, only the first
stricken ALJ, nearest the top of the list, will be honored. In addition to noting which ALJ is to be
struck, the declaration below must be fully executed or the filing will be considered incomplete
and will not be accepted. Please review California Code of Regulations (CCR), section 56.2, for
more information.
To strike an ALJ, this form must be completed and filed with the Appeals Division, no later than
5:00 p.m. twenty (20) calendar days from February 03, 2015. Filing is preferred by electronic
mail to appeals@spb.ca.gov. You may also hand deliver this form to the SPB Appeals
Division at 801 Capitol Mall in Sacramento.
Alphabetical Listing of Current SPB ALJs
(Please choose only one)
SPB ALJ
Teri Block
Barbara Brecher
Gregory Brown
Mary Cote
Eileen Deimerly
Julia Johnson
Tiffany King

Strike ( X )

SPB ALJ
Jason Krestoff
Mark R. Kruger
Bruce Monfross
Douglas Purdy
Paul Ramsey
James Sobolewski

Strike ( X )

Declaration of Party Exercising Peremptory Strike of an SPB ALJ in the Matter of:
Bryant Camarena
Appellant, or representative
Respondent representative

I, _________________________(print your name), declare that I am an unrepresented

Appellant, a party, or a representative to the case named above and am exercising my right to a
peremptory strike regarding the above named ALJ pursuant to section 56.2. This declaration is
under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California.
Signature:________________________________

SPB000021
Response to a Public Records Request as of February 18, 2015

EV - Ack with PHSC

Date:_________________

Rev. 08/11/2014
Created 04/25/2012

BEFORE
THE CALIFORNIA
STATE PERSONNEL BOARD
February 03, 2015

Re:

Bryant Camarena
SPB Case No. 15-0144

NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE OF

PREHEARING AND SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
DATE:
04/03/15

TIME:
10:30 AM

LOCATION:
State Personnel Board - 801 Capitol Mall, Room 108
Sacramento, CA 95814

Please take notice that the above-captioned matter has been set for a Prehearing and Settlement
Conference before a State Personnel Board (SPB) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) who is the
person appointed and authorized by SPB as its representative to hold and conduct the conference in
this matter. Each party to these proceedings is entitled, but not required, to be represented by
counsel at his/her own expense
The parties and their representatives are expected to be familiar with the SPB procedural
regulations, and failure to comply may result in evidentiary sanctions. The applicable
regulations are available on the SPB website. Please see the Appeals Procedures section at
www.spb.ca.gov.
Upon application to SPB, or its ALJ, subpoenas may be issued as provided by law. All continuances
and other motions must be filed with SPB electronically at appeals@spb.ca.gov. Continuances
granted by the Presiding ALJ shall be considered a waiver of timeframes set forth in Government
Code section 18671.1.
Inquiries can be made in writing by e-mailing appeals@spb.ca.gov, or by calling SPB at
(916) 653-0799.
Sincerely,
_________________________________________________________________________________________

Jill Spitz
Appeals Division

This facility is accessible to persons with disabilities

If you need a sign language interpreter, please contact TDD (916) 654-2360

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PROOF OF SERVICE
Re:

In the matter of appeal by Bryant Camarena

From the appeal of Demotion
SPB Case No. 15-0144

Bryant Camarena

I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the above-reference matter. I declare that I am
employed by the California State Personnel Board, 801 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California 95814.
On the date shown below, I caused the following document(s) to be served on the addressee:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
PREHEARING AND SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE HEARING NOTICE
By E-mail:
e-mail address(es):

By transmitting the above-named document(s) via electronic mail to the following

By US Mail: I am familiar with the SPBs practice for collecting and processing correspondence
for mailing. On the same day that the correspondence is placed for collection and mailing, it is deposited
in the ordinary course of business, in the United States Postal Service in a sealed envelope with postage
thereon fully prepaid.
Appellant:
Bryant Camarena

Respondent:
Forestry and Fire Protection
PO Box 944246, Room1516-20
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460

Appellant Representative:
Cal FIRE, Local 2881
Attn: Jennifer Horst
1731 J Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95811

Respondent Representative:
Forestry and Fire Protection - Legal
P O Box 944246, Room 1516-20
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was
executed on February 03, 2015, at Sacramento, California.
Signed:
_________________________________________________________________________________________

Jill Spitz

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STATE .
PER SON NEL
BOARD

80 1 Capitol Mall Sacramento, CA 95814

www.spb.ca .gov

Govern or Edmund G. Brown Jr.

SPB ALJ Peremptory Strike List

SPB Case No: 15-0144
Each party scheduled to appear at an evidentiary hearing before a State Personnel Board (SPB)
Administrative law Judge (ALJ), will have the choice of striking one ALJ from the list below. This
strike of an ALJ will prevent that particular ALJ from conducting the hearing during which
evidence will be taken regarding this case. If you strike more than one ALJ, only the first
stricken ALJ, nearest the top of the list, will be honored . In addition to noting which ALJ is to be
struck, the declaration below must be fully executed or the filing will be considered incomplete
and will not be accepted . Please review California Code of Regulations (CCR), section 56.2 , for
more information.
To strike an ALJ, this form must be completed and filed with the Appeals Division, no later than
5:00 p.m. twenty (20) calendar days from February 03, 2015. Filing is preferred by electronic
mail to appeals@spb.ca.gov . You may also hand deliver this form to the SPB Appeals
Division at 801 Capitol Mall in Sacramento.
Alphabetical Listing of Current SPB ALJ's
(Please choose only one)
SPB ALJ
Teri Block
Barbara Brecher
Gregory Brown
Mary Cote
Eileen Deimerly
Julia Johnson
Tiffany King

Strike (X)

SPB ALJ
Jason Krestoff
Mark R. Kru_ger
Bruce Montross
Douglas Purd_y
Paul Ramsey
James Sobolewski

Strike (X)

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Declaration of Party Exercising Peremptory Strike of an SPB ALJ in the Matter of:
Bryant Camarena
(:)_6gpellant, or representative

t l Respondent representative
I,
(3 ? u c Ct? tfu.t?(print your name), declare that I am an . unrepresented
Appellant, a party, or a representative to the case named above and am exercising my right to a
peremptory strike regarding the above named ALJ pursuant to section 56.2 . This declaration is
under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California .

Signature: -~

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SPB000024
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Date: