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On July 10, 2026, UPE spoke before the Sacramento County Civil Service Commission in opposition to the Collection Service Agent Series Class Study. In particular, UPE objected to the creation of a lower-paid classification that will duplicate the collection duties of current Collection Service Agents and potentially undermine the ability of Collection Service Agents to meet minimum requirements and/or qualify for the 9.2% differential. The Civil Service Commission was recept

On June 10, 2026, UPE began meeting and conferring with the Department of Finance over changes to the Performance Standards used in Consolidated Utilities and Billing Service (CUBS). Performance Standards have long existed in CUBS, but the standards and underlying criteria have not been updated since the 1990s, according to CUBS leadership. UPE has been pushing the Department to re-evaluate the Performance Standards during the ongoing meet and confer over the UBSR Class Study

UPE met and conferred with Sacramento County regarding its proposed Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy and updates to the Wireless Communication Devices Policy. As a result of UPE's advocacy, the following employee protections were included in the Wireless Communication Devices Policy: * Employee Privacy: County-issued wireless devices will not be used to monitor or track employees, and any location data associated with the devices will not be used for disciplinary purposes.

On June 26, 2026, your 008 board and subject matter experts met with the department concerning their proposal that the County Duplicate Impact List (CDIL) be the work of eligibility workers. UPE’s position is that this is not HSS's duty, and we are continuing to advocate for this. Additional research is being done by our team to determine how other counties in the state are processing this duty. Another meeting will be scheduled soon, and we will keep you updated. UPE thanks

Greetings, Union Brothers and Sisters, Your 008 board and subject matter experts met with DHA on July 10, 2026, to discuss the process for sanctioning and exempting Welfare-to-Work (WTW) cases. After hearing concerns about workload balancing, the Department proposed moving sanctioned and exempt cases into a general bank. The goal is to prevent employees from having to monitor and carry cases that do not count toward their assigned caseload. Once a sanction is lifted or an exe

Greetings, Union Brothers and Sisters, Your negotiations team met with the department because the Research, Fulton & Susie Gaines bureaus have run out of space for employees. The department’s proposed solution was to uproot seasoned workers at Research & Fulton from their permanent private workspaces and force them to occupy interview booths. Susie Gaines will be forcing outstation workers to give up their bureau workspace and permanently remain at their outstation locations.