Your 008-negotiation team met with the department regarding their proposal to yet again add more duties to our HSS members. Since the implementation of Cal Saws, eligibility cases have been plagued with the creation of duplicate persons. Sometimes this can cause complications under limited circumstances. Since the discovery of this issue, the department has had a program specialist resolving these cases. In what is becoming a predictable pattern, the department decides to red

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.

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.

Greetings UPE Family! Tuesday, July 21, 2026, your UPE bargaining team met with the department regarding the current vacation restrictions. First things first, the department (so they say) has no clue as to when ILT for CARES will even start. They say that the state keeps pushing the date, even though the implementation date is still on track for October 26, 2026. They also say that vacations will be granted or denied by the supervisor on a case-by-case basis depending on t

On 7/17/26, your 008 board members met with DHA Fulton management to discuss the bureau absence reporting procedure. Staff had differing call-in times, some calling in 1 hour before their start time, some 30 minutes before, and some at 7:15 am. All of a sudden, they want everyone to call in at 7:15 am, when some people start at 9 am. This is unreasonable. We proposed that those at Fulton be able to call out 30 minutes prior to their shift. The department counter-proposed 1 ho