HARD AT WORK Former SLO County Department of Social Services employee Sara Zepada sued the county, the department, and department Director Devin Drake for failures in providing reasonable accommodations and in engaging in good faith interactive process. Hers was a new position that had to be approved by the SLO County Board of Supervisors in 2022, according to Dana De La Torre, the case manager for attorney Benjamin Eghbali’s firm, which is representing Zepeda. Zepeda’s complaint stated that she received “upstanding performance reviews” during her tenure, and the county gave her increasing levels of responsibility at work.