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California treasurer often shared hotel rooms with employees

The news follows a lawsuit by a former employee who shared a hotel room with state Treasurer Fiona Ma and alleges sexual harassment and wrongful termination.

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Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, looks over a vote tally after a measure she co-authored, with Assemblyman Ted Lieu, D-Torrence, concerning the labeling of fur on garments, was approved by the Assembly on a 46-7 vote, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, April 5, 2010. The bill will require all garments containing fur to be labeled with the type of animal and the country of origin. The measure was sent to the Senate for approval. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California state Treasurer Fiona Ma repeatedly shared hotel rooms with employees and that's a practice business experts say is problematic.

The hotel room sharing was revealed in expense reports obtained by the Sacramento Bee and reported Tuesday.

The news follows a lawsuit by a former employee who shared a hotel room with Ma and alleges sexual harassment and wrongful termination.

Ma denies the lawsuit's claims and says she shared lodging to save money. Ma is a Democrat and was elected state treasurer in 2018.

The Bee reports Ma shared a hotel room with her chief of staff more than a dozen times and shared lodging with other employees.

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