On the seventh day of Elias Georgopoulos’s suit against the city and county of San Francisco for the alleged harassment and discrimination he endured while a senior parking control officer at the SFMTA, Georgopoulos’ former psychologist took the stand.
In 2012, Dr. Elliot Henderson diagnosed Georgopoulos with a paranoid personality disorder. That didn’t mean that his paranoia wasn’t justified, said Henderson, appearing via Zoom before the jury at the San Francisco Superior Court. But it did mean that Henderson thought that SFMTA was a toxic environment for Georgopoulos.
“For him, [the transportation agency] is a toxic environment,” said Henderson. Continuing to work as a parking enforcement officer would only worsen Georgopoulos’ mental health, Henderson concluded…