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Judges Denies PERB IR Request in San Diego

Public Employment Relations Board vs. City of San Diego (San Diego Superior Court Case No. 37-2012-00092205-CU-MC-CTL). According to news reports, a judge has denied PERB's request to remove a pension reform measure from the June ballot.  PERB went into court his morning on an ex parte motion seeking a tempoary restraining order to prevent the "Comprehensive Pension Reform” measure from appearing on the ballot until PERB adjudicates an unfair practice charge filed by one of the City's unions.  According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, "Judge William Dato said case law is clear that the court should only block a measure when it is “clear…

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PERB Emergency Regs Approved

On December 29th, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved PERB's emergency regualations implementing AB 646.  Click here to see OAL's approval package.  The emergency regulations are effective January 1, 2012.

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PERB Statutory Changes for 2012

Several bills were enacted into law this year that affect the statutes administered by PERB.  I have compiled a summary of all those statutory changes, along with a brief commentary about them.  That document can be found here.  Feel free to distribute to others.

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PERB Votes to Move Forward with AB 646 Regs

At its meeting on December 8th, the Board voted to move forward with its proposed emergency regulations implementing AB 646.  For a description of what happens next, see my prior post here. UPDATE: There were a lot of people at the meeting.  When it came time for public comments on the proposed regulations only two individuals came foward to speak.  The first was Glenn Rothner who wanted to emphasize the union-side view (and in fairness, the view of some [Correction: I initially forgot to include the word "some"] management-side advocates) that AB 646 requires fact-finding even where there is no mediation. …

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