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This is a San Diego-focused wrongful-termination resource, not a promise that every firing becomes a lawsuit. Its purpose is to make the at-will rule understandable without treating it as a blank check for discrimination, retaliation, whistleblowing punishment, or pressure to break the law. The local employment picture matters: County of San Diego life sciences employs more than 71,000 people directly, and the military and defense economy accounts for a substantial share of regional jobs. Those workplaces can have dense policies, reporting chains, clearance concerns, leave procedures, and electronic records. The page is written for people across Downtown, Hillcrest, North Park, Mira Mesa, Kearny Mesa, La Jolla, and the rest of the city who need to preserve facts and move before a deadline closes an option.