A high-ranking California emergency services official has been accused in a lawsuit of impeding wildfire recovery efforts as part of a retaliation campaign against a subordinate who had rejected his sexual advances.
The lawsuit accuses Buras, a 2019 appointee of Gov. Gavin Newsom, of harassing Bowyer over the course of two years.
The lawsuit details a meeting in which Buras allegedly told Santa Cruz County officials that they were ineligible for federal funding because Bowyer failed to submit paperwork.
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