Tentative Agreement was ratified
28 members voted all in favor of ratification. 28-0.
Tentative Agreement Reached
We reached a tentative agreement with the County today. I have attached a PDF summary of the key terms to this post. tentative-agreement-11-21-16 We would like to meet at noon on Wednesday to discuss it via video conference. I understand some of you will be gone. If you cannot make it, please call Lee or I…
County is Claiming Significantly Increased Retirement Costs
Subject: FW: Signficant pension increases ahead From: “Miyasato, Mona” <[email protected]> Date: November 7, 2016 at 4:08:28 PM PST To: “Alvarez, Tom” <[email protected]>, and others Subject: Signficant pension increases ahead Dear Department Directors: As you may have heard, the SBCERS Board of Retirement recently voted to change its actuarial assumptions, which determine our pension contribution. Specifically,…
County is claiming financial woes
County budget in red with excessive spending, lower tax receipts By EMILY PARKER, NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT Share Story November 16, 2016 5:57 AM The financial health of the county is looking bleak as at least one department is millions over budget and tax receipts are lower than projected. By the end of this fiscal year,…
Negotiations Update November 10, 2016
The County’s counter proposal was a three year contract 1 %, 1.5%, and 1.5%, DDA Duty pay would be increased to $768, and the book fund would be increased to $325, but with no carry-over. This is less than what the County settled with the DPD’s. The County wants a retirement reopener on Sept.…
Negotiations Update October 2016
Lee Carter, Stephen Foley, and our attorney, Stuart Adams, met with County negotiators on October 28, 2016 in Santa Barbara. We provided the County with our initial proposal of a two year agreement with raises of 2.5%, 3 %, and 3 %. We also asked for other contract improvements such as an increase in Extra…
Santa Barbara Deputy District Attorney Association Urges a No Vote on Prop. 57
Prop. 57 claims to only apply to non-violent offenders, however, the plain language of proposition tells another story. Instead, Prop. 57 amends the California Constitution to allow the state prison bureaucracy to undercut lengthy sentences of career violent offenders without any court or voter oversight. After 5 straight years of shortening prison sentences and decriminalizing…