The department shall establish a procedure whereby a managerial employee may appeal his or her performance appraisal report to the appointing power. At a minimum, these procedures shall permit appeals on the basis that the performance appraisal report was used to abuse, harass, or discriminate against the employee.
Source:
Section 19992.13, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=19992.13.
.