All incoming reports to OPHD (FY24)

Once OPHD receives a report of protected category harassment or discrimination, a staff member will assess its contents and categorize (or recategorize) allegations according to definitions in the UC Policy on SVSH and the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy. 

Between July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024, the Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination (OPHD) received 573 reports that alleged at least one type of sexual violence and sexual harassment (SVSH) and 1,081 reports that alleged at least one type of other Protected Category discrimination and harassment (Figure 1). Figure 1 shows the proportions of these two categories of report.

A single report may allege more than one type of discrimination or harassment. For example, one report may allege discrimination or harassment on the basis of race and on the basis of disability. Reports with multiple allegations are reflected only once in Figure 1 if all the allegations were in the SVSH category, or if all were in the non-SVSH category.

20 reports contained allegations of both SVSH and another form of discrimination/harassment; these reports are represented in both the SVSH and non-SVSH proportions in Figure 1. 

As seen in Figure 1, OPHD received 103 “Other” reports that did not contain enough information for OPHD to act on or for which the alleged conduct did not fall under the purview of OPHD. Reports that do not fall under the purview of OPHD are still assessed by the OPHD intake team and redirected, if appropriate.

OPHD may receive numerous reports, from multiple individuals, about a single incident. When there is sufficient information for OPHD staff to identify duplicate reports, the reports are combined. This de-duplication is reflected in the numbers depicted in Figure 1.