Report 2021-104 Recommendation 18 Responses

Report 2021-104: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: Its Leadership Has Failed to Promote Transparency or Ensure a Fair and Equitable Workplace (Release Date: April 2022)

Recommendation #18 To: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

To ensure that responsible parties have the information they need to make improvements, by June 2022 MWD should annually share the results of its demographic analyses with its various management groups as well as its recruitment staff.

60-Day Agency Response

To ensure that responsible parties have the information they need to make improvements, Non-Discrimination Plan (NDP) analyses results were shared with all Metropolitan managers and recruitment staff via email on June 16, 2022. This analysis will be shared annually.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

MWD provided examples of reporting it provided to its management groups and human resources personnel, which includes information about the demographic analyses and considerations about both the hiring and recruiting processes at MWD. As we indicate in the report, analyzing this data and improving its hiring processes overall are also important aspects of MWD's efforts to address its apparent lack of workforce diversity.

All Recommendations in 2021-104

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.