Former county behavioral health director evaluating ‘legal options’ after public dismissal – San Diego Union-Tribune

Former county behavioral health director evaluating ‘legal options’ after public dismissal  San Diego Union-Tribune

The county has remained mum on deeper reasons for the termination. The attorney who represents Nadia Privara Brahms, San Diego County’s recently terminated behavioral health director, said in an email Friday that he is “evaluating all of our client’s legal options” in the wake of public statements made by the county Tuesday shortly after the release of a batch of employee discipline documents requested by Voice of San Diego. Included among the 80 documents, which also contain records pertaining to sexual harassment at the county’s psychiatric hospital, is an investigation summary report of a county behavioral health administrative analyst who allegedly made a racist comment during a virtual cultural competency training on Feb.

28, 2025. The county’s communications office released a statement late Tuesday, after making the collection of documents public, which said that substantiated claims of racist comments “prompted a leadership change in Behavioral Health Services,” with executive Jennifer Bransford-Koons temporarily leading the department “after the departure of Director Nadia Privara.” The county’s statement also said that “County executive leadership called for a closer examination of processes to strengthen expectations around decision-making accountability and leadership conduct.” The comment, made via an accidentally unmuted microphone during the training, according to the county’s summary report, was heard by six people who said they heard the analyst say: “I thought this wasn’t