Imperial County selects new vice chair

IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) - A new temporary vice chair has been selected after Imperial County Supervisor Jesus Escobar decided to step down from those duties due to a lawsuit he's facing.

Peggy Price was nominated by Supervisor Martha Cardenas-Singh to be the new temporary vice chair.

Price says she will be taking on several tasks like supporting the chairman and taking over if the chairman is absent.

"Right now, it is temporary, so in terms of the long term goals, it's here to support the chairman and his goals that he has set...but should this continue on into the next year and [if] I were to come into position being vice chairman, then I would have to think about it that is going to happen what my goals and priorities are," said Price.

The former clerk of the board filed a lawsuit this year accusing Escobar of workplace misconduct, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination.

It is unclear when the lawsuit will be resolved.