Greetings, union brothers and sisters. Your negotiation team met with the department regarding the reestablishment of a CMISP unit. This unit will be located at 4600 Broadway, where the Primary Care Clinic is located. Due to changes, in part, caused by HR-1, the department believes there will be a need for a full-time unit of eligibility workers. The unit will also consist of 1 OA, 1 HSS supervisor, and 6 HSS. All staff will report to the HSS supervisor. The hours will be

Greetings, Union Family, On November 3, 2026, your 005 governing board met with DCSS management to discuss updates to some of their department policies, specifically: telework, outside employment, parking, and personal technology use. Most of the edits were grammatical, but our team raised important questions regarding their application of them. For example, the technology policy allows people to listen to music on their headphones with their phone being placed face down. We

Greetings, Union Family, Your 008 governing board met with DHA for the second time regarding the possibility of help desk tickets resulting in a breach of confidentiality if they include Personally Identifiable Information (PII). The department followed up on our proposals and agreed to them all. Training will occur for staff at bureau meetings between the months of December and through February at the latest. UPE was able to secure a hold harmless clause until the end of tra

Greetings, Union Family, Your 005 and 008 governing boards met with DHA to discuss the new service center they are opening on Power Inn Road, on the first floor of the DCSS building. They are anticipating anywhere from 100 to 125 people to move (including eligibility staff, clerical, supervisors, an ASO, and a program manager). Our main concerns were to ensure current staff will be given the opportunity to put in for transfer, that their ADA accommodations be moved with them,

On October 28, 2026, your UPE bargaining team met again with the Department of Child, Family and Adult Services (DCFAS) regarding management's proposal to increase the minimum in-office requirement from two to three days per week. UPE presented employee survey results highlighting opposition to the proposed reduction and concerns about work-life balance. Despite substantial disagreement, UPE maintained its position, requested additional information, and secured another opport

Greetings, Union Family, Your 008 governing board met with DHA for the new LIMS system updates and a demo of what it will look like upon rollout in February. LIMS functionality is now integrated with CalSAWS, eliminating the need for staff to switch between multiple screens. For example, when clerical schedules an appointment, LIMS will automate a journal entry and transfer it to CalSAWS on its own. On the eligibility side, the workers receiving pop-ups for appointments will

UPE met and conferred with the County and DHS regarding updates to the Health Education class series. UPE represents the Health Education Assistant classification in the series. The class specifications have not been updated since the early 1990s. UPE reviewed the proposed class specifications and found them to reflect the duties of the classification now accurately. UPE did make a couple of proposals to modify the language to capture better the distinction between the Health

Greetings, Union Brothers and Sisters, On September 28, 2026, your 005 governing board met with management over at the County Probation Office. We discussed the implementation of E-Court, which has become a contentious issue impacting our court employees, those at the district attorney's office, and many more workers, including those at probation. Management shared that they have not yet prepared processes and procedures governing the use of E-Court, but once such is done, th

On September 29, 2026, UPE met with Sacramento County over the creation of a new policy relating to background checks for employees with access to Federal Tax Information (FTI). IRS rules require that all employees with direct or indirect access to protected FTI must undergo a background check every five years to identify any arrests or convictions that may impact an employee's 'suitability' for access to FTI. This requirement applies to all classifications, including supervi

Greetings, Union Brothers and Sisters, On September 24, 2026, your 005 governing board and subject matter experts met with DCSS management to discuss issues and changes recently faced by the Establishment Case Opening Team at DCSS. Under the state compliance date, staff have 20 calendar days to process applications and open child support cases when an assignment is received. Recently, the department set an internal goal of 16 calendar days, which was impacting the worker

Your negotiation team met with the department to address the changes in how help desk tickets can now result in a breach of confidentiality. This change causes the potential for discipline among our members. Management explained that there was a review of confidentiality breaches countywide. In doing so, the department identified a practice in help desk ticket submissions that were considered breaches when submitted to the wrong D Tech department. UPE feels that the communica

Greetings, UPE Family! On August 20, 2026, your UPE bargaining team met with Labor Relations and the Department of Health Services, Public Health Division regarding the revision of the Employee Safety Policy. After the meeting, UPE determined that the revision of the policy had little to no impact on the membership. There were small grammatical and formatting issues that need to be addressed prior to publishing and implementation. UPE requested to receive a copy of the final

Greetings, Union Sisters and Brothers, On August 12, 2026, your 005 board members and subject matter experts met with DHA management regarding the CMISP line function at East Commerce, following the closure of 28th Street. We met with management regarding the transfer of this duty earlier this year, and we were told that all members in the BCW unit at East Commerce would be trained to assist the current staff with this phone line. That did not happen until now, 6 months later

Greetings UPE Family! On August 5, 2026, your UPE bargaining team met with Labor Relations and Employment Services regarding the Child Development Specialist Class Study. Previously, the CDS I and II classes were separate and had a one (1) year probationary period; they are now tied together as CDS I/II, as all other classifications that have a level I and II are, and the probationary period is now six (6) months. This creates a clearer pathway for CDS I’s to promote to C

Greetings UPE Family! On August 4, 2026, your UPE bargaining team met with the department regarding the closure of the Ombudsperson’s Office within DCFAS. The work was shifted to its respective divisions within the Office Technical (005) bargaining unit. At the start of the meeting, the department presented year-to-date data regarding call volume. The most impact was within CPS (Child Protective Services), which your UPE team found to be of minimal impact. UPE requested that

Greetings, Union Sisters and Brothers, On August 6th, 2026, your UPE 008 board members met with DHA management to continue our discussion on Welfare-to-Work (WTW) sanction and exempt cases. After 45 days, sanction cases will go to the continuing case bank, and exempt cases will go to the continuing bank after 90 days. If, after 90 days, staff still want to monitor their case, they can let their supervisor know. This will help to reduce staff handoffs and additional work whe

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.

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.