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California treasurer often shared hotel rooms with employees

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In this June 14, 2011, file photo, then-Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, speaks at a hearing at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Ma, now the state treasurer, is facing a lawsuit alleging she sexually harassed an employee while sharing a hotel room. Ma says the lawsuit's allegations are "without merit."

By: Associated Press

Posted at 1:57 PM, Sep 28, 2021

and last updated 2021-09-28 16:57:29-04

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state Treasurer Fiona Ma repeatedly shared hotel rooms with employees and that's a practice business experts say is problematic.

The hotel room sharing was revealed in expense reports obtained by the Sacramento Bee and reported Tuesday.

The news follows a lawsuit by a former employee who shared a hotel room with Ma and alleges sexual harassment and wrongful termination. Ma denies the lawsuit's claims and says she shared lodging to save money. Ma is a Democrat and was elected state treasurer in 2018.

The Bee reports Ma shared a hotel room with her chief of staff more than a dozen times and shared lodging with other employees.

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