ACSS salary bill moves ahead

The Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee voted unanimously (5-0) at a hearing on April 8th to pass ACSS' anti-compaction legislation - SB 216 (Beall) - to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

SB 216 seeks to end salary compaction - the phenomenon in which supervisors make less than those they supervise - and maintain a long recommended 10% differential between supervisors and rank and file.

In any case in which revenue shortages prevent appropriate salary adjustments, the bill would require CalHR to provide the Legislature with a report detailing their inability to raise salaries (and all impacted classifications).

Thanks to the efforts of ACSS members at Lobby Day 2013, SB 216 is enjoying widespread bipartisan support. Sen. Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) has signed on to our bill as a principal co-author along with Sen. Jim Beall (D-San Jose). At the hearing on April 8th, Sen. Ted Gaines (R-Roseville) asked to be added as a co-sponsor of the legislation, and Committee Vice Chair Sen. Mimi Walters (R-Orange County) vocalized her approval of the much needed fix to the State's compaction problem.