2009-2010 Legislative Session
Bill List [PDF]
This is a list of all the bills Local 1000 is supporting, opposing, and watching. Local 1000 tracks a wide range of legislation including bills that could be amended in the future which could potential affect our members.
Support and Oppose Bill List [PDF]
These are the bills that are important to Local 1000.
Sponsored Legislation [PDF]
Local 1000's top priority bills.
Key Legislative Issues
Governor's 2010-2011 State Budget
Discrimination
Furloughs
Memorandum of Understanding
Retirement Reform
Prison Reform
Tax Commission
Transparency
Visiting Educators
Legislative Research
2010-2011 California State Budget
Governor’s 2010 - 2011 State Budget
Special Session Declaration [PDF]
Budget Summary
Budget Detail
California Assembly Budget Committee
Summary of Governor’s Budget [PDF]
California Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Summary of Governor’s Budget [PDF]
How the Budget Process Works
Legislative Analyst Office
Overview of the Governor’s Budget [PDF]
Discrimination
SEIU Local 1000 is a tireless advocate in ending all forms of discrimination. The Local 1000 Women’s Committee supported legislation that sought to end unfair wage and health care practices in California.
View Local 1000's
Women Committee support letter to the governor [PDF]
AB 98 (De La Torre) required new forms for health insurance policies submitted to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) after Jan. 1, 2010 to provide coverage for maternity services. The Governor vetoed AB 98 on Oct. 11, 2009.
View the
Governor’s veto message for AB 98 [PDF]
AB 119 (Jones) prohibits health insurers from charging a premium or price differential because of the sex of specified individuals on or after Jan. 1, 2011.
AB 119 was signed by the Governor and enrolled by the Secretary of State on Oct. 11, 2009.
AB 793 (Jones) specified that victims of pay discrimination would continue to have a fair opportunity to seek redress in the courts and clarifies that the time period for alleging pay discrimination claims runs from the date of each payment of a discriminatory wage. The Governor vetoed AB 793 on Oct. 11, 2009.
View the
Governor’s veto message for AB 793 [PDF]
Furloughs
SEIU Local 1000 has been at the forefront in challenging the Governor’s furlough orders. We will continue to advocate against the Governor’s harmful scheme and analyze all legislation that deals with furloughs.
Read about Local 1000’s
lawsuits challenging the Governor’s furlough order
Read
two reports by the state Senate and the UC Berkeley Labor Center that decry the benefits of furloughs on state workers
MOU (Memorandum of Understanding)
Local 1000's Memorandum of Understanding (AB 88) cleared the Senate PER&S Committee by a vote of 5 to 2. AB 88 was taken up for a vote on the Senate Floor but failed to achieve the necessary two-thirds support. The vote was along party lines. AB 88 was granted reconsidered and is currently on the Senate Floor eligible for a vote.
View Local 1000's
letter of support for AB 88 [PDF]
View the
status of the MOU as of Nov. 2009 [PDF]
Retirement Reform
State workers deserve fair retirement pay and benefits. We are actively working to educate the community on retirement issues and will fight any proposals that seek to takeaway our member’s earned retirement.
Currently, there are no legislative bills that would decrease state worker’s retirement.
Prison Reform
The Legislature addressed this corrections plan in late August. Several key elements of the plan have changed including, eliminating the creation of a sentencing commission, limiting the release of some inmates to electronic surveillance or alternative custody and changes to the prosecution standards for "wobbler" crimes, which can currently prosecuted either as misdemeanors or felonies.
View a version of the
Prison Reform plan [PDF]. This plan still must be approved by the Court
View Local 1000's
support letter for the Prison Reform plan [PDF]
Tax Commission
Our members are not just employees providing vital state services. We are also state taxpayers representing a cross-section of middle-income California. We deserve a tax system that is fair and transparent. The Local 1000 Legislative Department will continue to monitor the sate legislature’s approach to tax reform and provide alternative ideas to ensure stable and sufficient revenues for years to come.
Transparency
AB 756 (Eng) required all state agencies to list private contracts online. The bill was passed by the Legislature with bipartisan support, but was vetoed by the Governor on Oct. 11, 2009.
View Local 1000's
support letter for AB 756 [PDF]
View Local 1000's
support letter to the Governor [PDF]
View
The Sacramento Bee's support for AB 756
View
Bargaining Unit Chair 1, Margarita Maldonado's response to the Sacramento Bee's editorial on AB 756
Watch Assemblymember Mike Eng's explanation of AB 756
View the
Governor's veto message for AB 756 [PDF]
Visiting Educators
AB 755 (Brownley) would have closed a loophole regarding “Visiting Educators”, and was sent to the Governor’s desk after it passed the Legislature. The bill was vetoed by the Governor on Oct. 11, 2009.
View Local 1000's
support letter for AB 755 [PDF]
View Local 1000's
support letter to the governor [PDF]
View the
Governor’s veto message [PDF]
Legislative Research
Official California Bill Information
Official California Legislative Information
2010 Legislative Calendar [PDF]
How A Bill Becomes Law