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Alan Clayton, Director of EEO |
Alan Clayton has been our Director of Equal Employment Opportunity since 1994. After 24 years of dedicated service to the Latino community, Mr. Clayton decided to retire and spend more time with his family. However, Mr. Clayton still works part-time with LACCEA and remains involved in advocating for Latinos in Los Angeles County and the State of California.
Alan Clayton for over 26 years has been a long time leader in numerous advocacy efforts designed to improve the life of the Latino community in Los Angeles and in the State of California. He is a recognized expert in the field of redistricting. He is also an accomplished advocate in the field of Title VI language discrimination and Title VII systemic employment discrimination.
Mr. Clayton was raised in Sacramento, Calfornia. He graduated from Ck McClatchy High School and received a Bachelor's Degree in History from U.C. Davis. Mr. Clayton is happily married to Diana Velasquez, retired Probation Director and long time member of LACCEA. Mr. Clayton enjoys watching movies and Ultimate Fighting tournaments on his free-time. He is also a proud owner of six rabbits that keep him very busy.
Alan Clayton's Accomplishments and Efforts
In 1985, Alan Clayton filed a petition on behalf of numerous Latino organizations with the Governor and the legislature over the lack of representation of Latinos in California State Government. As a result of legislative hearings ACR 145 was enacted. This legislation drafted by Alan Clayton on behalf of Assemblyman Pete Chacon established the Joint Legislative Task Force on the Under Representation of Latinos in California State Government.
In 1987 Alan Clayton was a leader in the redistricting of the Los Angeles City Council. This successful effort led to the creation of a second Latino City Council District.
In 1987 Alan Clayton on behalf of LACCEA filed an over 200 page complaint with the EEOC charging that the Department of Health Services systemically discriminated against Latinos in their hiring and promotions. This complaint was settled in 1992 and the Department of Health Services was required to allocate 2.1 million dollars to the recruitment of Latinos.
Alan Clayton in 1991, on behalf of the Latino Redistricting Coalition was the principal advocate for Latino empowerment in the redistricting of the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District. These redistricting efforts led to the election of a second Latino to the Los Angeles Unified School District Board and a third Latino to the Los Angeles City Council.
Alan Clayton in 1991, was a leader in advocating for increased Latino representation in the California State Assembly, State Senate, and Congressional redistricting. His advocacy helped to increase the number of Latino in the Assembly from 4 to over 16 by 1998, in the State Senate from 3 in 1991 to 9 by 1999 and from 3 in Congress in 1991 to 7 by 1999.
In 1996, Alan Clayton led the legislative fight to save 1,000 Probation Department employees from demotion or layoffs.
In 1997, Alan Clayton on behalf of LACCEA co-drafted and was the principal advocate for Senate Bill 1045. Governor Davis, after a five year effort signed this bill into law in 2002. This key civil rights bill allows outreach to minority groups and women as part of an inclusive recruitment program conducted by public sector agencies.
In 2000, Alan Clayton on behalf of LACCEA co-drafted and was the principal advocate for the Schiff Cardenas Juvenile Justice Act of 2000 which has provided since 2000 over 850 million dollars of new money for juvenile programs administered both by Probation Departments, other governmental agencies and community based organizations.
Alan Clayton on behalf of LACCEA drafted and was the lead advocate for State Senate Constitutional Amendment 7, which forced the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to put expansion of the Board of Supervisors on the ballot.
In 2000, Alan Clayton played a key role in the successful settlement of a LACCEA Title VI and Title VII discrimination lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Probation Department.
In 2001, Alan Clayton played a key role in advocating for more Latino representation in the redistricting of the California State Assembly, State Senate, and Congress.
From 2001, to the present Alan Clayton on behalf of LACCEA has played the lead role in advocating for the creation of a second Latino Section 2 voting rights district on the five member Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
In 2003, Alan Clayton, on behalf of LACCEA was involved in advocating, in conjunction with the Hispanic Command Officers Association, that the Sheriffs Department promote more Latinos and to specifically promote more Latinas to Lieutenant and above positions. He also met with representatives of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in support of HAPOCA’s systemic complaint against the Sheriff for discriminating against Latinos in their promotional process. In 2004, Alan Clayton on behalf of LACCEA played a lead role in saving 1200 Probation Department jobs.
In 2003, Alan Clayton, on behalf of LACCEA, prepared a detailed analysis for the Chief Administrative Officer on the legal requirements for providing equal delivery of services to limited or non-English speaking clients or patients of the Los Angeles County government in a language that they can understand; based on these legal requirements he requested the exemption of certified Spanish-speaking staff from layoffs or demotions. He also met with the Chief Administrative Officer on this issue.
In 2005, Alan Clayton played a lead role in the successful settlement of a 2004 systemic Title VII promotional discrimination EEOC complaint filed against the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.