DHA Rancho Employees Moving Soon DHA met with UPE to discuss the upcoming move of DHA Rancho employees. Staff are anticipated to move between February 10th, 2021, and April 23, 2021. At the meet and confer, the County provided the following information. Continue Reading

Meet and Confer Update DHA Virtual Job Club/CWEX      UPE and DHA met and conferred Friday, November 20, 2020, over the Department’s plan to begin a virtual version of job club.  The Virtual Job Club is a condensed version of the normal Job Club, and is intended to last between an hour and an hour and forty-five minutes.  The class will run Monday through Friday.  Clients will join via Skype with video or phone.  Continue Reading

Meet and Confer Update DHA Lobby Reopening and Mask Rules      UPE and DHA met and conferred on November 24, 2020, over the Department’s plan to reopen lobbies to walk-in clients and appointments.  The Department shared with UPE direction from the State requiring the Department make at least limited in-person services available to clients. The Department plans to first reopen the lobbies at 28th St. and Fulton before the Christmas Holiday.  This will be followed by the lobbies at Susie Gaines Mitchell and Research after the New Year.  Finally, the lobbies at Galt and North Highlands will open at the end of January or beginning of February.   Continue Reading

DHA- Self Assessment Signage Changes Coming Soon           DHA re-noticed UPE to meet over some changes to the COVID Self-Assessment Signage, indicating that you have conducted a COVID self-assessment prior to entering the bureau. DHA, in particular, was looking to remove the “Disclaimer- Not Used for Disciplinary Purposes”. They claimed that it was found, during contact tracing, that some employees who tested positive were aware that they were knowingly exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19, and still came to work. Due to the disclaimer, they could not discipline the employee(s). Despite multiple statements from Management that they were not out to discipline people, just ask people to be accountable, it looks like they’ve changed their tone.  Continue Reading.

Limited Lobby Re-Open at 28th Street and Fulton       On November 10th, 2020, UPE met with DHA management over the partial opening of the lobby at Fulton and 28th St. to serve the homeless. First, we did give our opinion that this was a bad idea and that there had to be another way due to the state of the pandemic, but with the mandate for the service and the state stepping in to say that the department was deficient in their efforts, they felt that they were obligated to open in a limited capacity. Although we were assured that no customers would be allowed in without a face covering, our team spent a lot of time explaining concerns about having our members in close proximity to a population that is unable to safely distance themselves without any type of screening prior to entry into the lobby.   Continue Reading.

Sign the Petition to Remove Sacramento County CEO Nav Gil  We demand the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors remove County CEO Nav Gill from his position immediately. On October 15, 2020 Gill led a 5 hour in-person meeting with 40 – 45 participants, including County Department heads.  During this meeting several participants did not wear masks and violated social distance rules.  After the meeting, one of the participants tested positive with COVID-19.  As a result, a number of Department heads had to quarantine.  Gill’s decision to hold this meeting and his failure to enforce County, State, and Federal guidelines represents a spectacular failure of leadership and a blatant disregard for the safety of his employees.      Continue Reading.

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