Governor Jerry Brown announced today that his revised budget will target state workers with a 5% compensation cut that will be implemented in a 4-day, 38-hour workweek.
The deficit has been estimated at about $16 billion, as opposed to the $9 billion that was originally anticipated.
The reduced workweek will affect "the majority of state employees", and results in a nearly $840 million cut across the board.
For those employees in 24/7 facilities, "commensurate reductions in work hours and pay" will be applied.
The budget also indicates that "an additional 11,000 positions will be permanently eliminated."
As ACSS prepares to meet with Governor Brown to address the concerns of excluded employees in light of these cuts, we need to hear from you.
Please take five to ten minutes out of your day and send us a brief explanation of how this shortened workweek will impact your ability to implement and facilitate state programs.
Give us practical, specific examples of how your ability to provide services to California taxpayers will suffer. Don’t just tell us "My job will be impossible!" Tell us why.
How will losing staff, having existing staff working fewer hours, and even being forced to work a less than 40-hour week yourself impact state services?
Will your DMV office be able to process 2,000 fewer licenses per week? Will 25,000 fewer tourists be able to visit your park per week? Will the state’s air or water quality suffer? Will processing times for tax returns double?
With your help we’ll be able to provide the full picture to Governor Brown and the public.
Please email your responses to kglidden@calcsea.org ASAP.