A former deputy Santa Clarita city clerk has filed a lawsuit against the city alleging she faced discrimination, a hostile work environment and whistleblower retaliation.
Tiana Bradley worked for the city for just over a year starting in May 2024, and she began to experience harassment shortly after her hiring, her lawsuit alleges.
Bradley alleges that one employee in particular conducted physically harassing behavior, including “hovering above her” and making misogynistic statements, which she reported to the city’s human resources representatives multiple times.
An attorney listed for Bradley did not respond to a request for comment on this story. City spokeswoman Carrie Lujan said the city would have no comment, due to its policy of not commenting on active litigation.
In her lawsuit, Bradley said the behavior worsened about five months after her hiring. While she was attending a work conference with the person she had complained about, she indicated that she needed the keys to the “company vehicle” they were using.
Bradley knocked on the co-worker’s door an hour later, and he “swung open the door, wearing nothing but his underwear, attempting to expose himself to Bradley,” according to the complaint.
Bradley’s complaint states that she made efforts to avoid the co-worker, but his comments continued.
In May 2025, she was informed that her probationary period was being extended, which was a direct result of her “relationship” with the person she had identified in complaints, and one other employee, the complaint alleges.
Her suit states the extension of her probation made her fear for her job security and put her in a place where she no longer felt safe to share her concerns.
She then complained to a management analyst about the underwear incident, comments and other concerning behavior, saying she felt that the extension of her probation was retaliatory, and then mentioned the concerns to a supervisor, her complaint alleges.
Her lawsuit claims that, in response, she was “interrogated regarding which city employees were aware of the harassment before she formally reported it, and she provided the requested information.”
She said she was admonished for making a complaint and began to experience anxiety as a result, according to her complaint.
Bradley’s suit states that during that same month she “suffered from a severe panic attack and was subsequently hospitalized,” and then shared a need for medical leave.
After she was hospitalized a second time on June 11, 2025, she was told that her employment was terminated and she was provided no reason, according to her lawsuit.
A settlement conference in the case has been scheduled for January, according to L.A. County Superior Court records available online.
