CCPOA news
January 2, 2010
Gov promises jobs while threatening lay-offs and furloughs?
Governor Schwarzenegger Highlights Priorities for 2010, Wishes Californians Happy New Year in Weekly Radio Address:
An English audio link of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's weekly radio address is below.
English:
The 2-minute, 4-second address is available at http://gov.ca.gov/mp3/press/20091211_address.mp3. The file is 489 KB.
…That is why my New Year's Resolution is to help speed up our economic recovery and create a job for every Californian who wants one.
My Number One priority is jobs, jobs, jobs.
And in my State of the State Address next week, I will announce a job creation package to help spur job growth and jumpstart our economy…
LINK - Read the FULL Message at gov.ca.gov
January 2, 2010
Local woman helps defeat planned prison in Camarillo
Like many Camarillo residents, Kathleen Miller was shocked when she first heard officials were eyeing her city as the future site for a prison hospital.
J. Clark Kelso, appointed by a federal court in 2005 to oversee inmate healthcare across the state, introduced a proposal in May 2008 that included tearing down the California Youth Authority facility on Wright Road and constructing a 1,500-bed prison hospital in its place.
The federal receiver's plan bewildered and angered many Camarillo and Ventura County residents, including Miller…
LINK - VCStar.com
January 2, 2010
Wanted parolee arrested after car chase
Police arrested three people - including a wanted parolee - following a lengthy car chase early Saturday, authorities said.
Arnold Machado, 24, of El Monte was booked on suspicion of evading police and parole violations, El Monte police Lt. Robert Roach said.
Nancy Lopez, 23, of El Monte was booked on suspicion of resisting arrest, the lieutenant said. She was a passenger in the SUV Machado was driving…
LINK - PasadenaStarNews.com
January 1, 2010
Information for Parole Services Associates
If you are a Parole Services Associate and you hired on or after August 11, 2004 you were automatically enrolled in the Alternative Retirement Program (ARP).
What this means is that for the first two years 5% of their pay was deducted and placed in an ARP account. In their 25th month, the deduction
January 1, 2010
General Layoff Information
CCPOA is working hard to obtain all the information on the proposed CDCR layoff as it becomes available. We have created this section of the website to provide you with the latest information we have received, and more importantly attempted to confirm.
In addition to having our legal team reviewing the entire layoff program that has been proposed, CCPOA is also doing everything it can to provide the Legislature and Administration with concrete examples of the impact the layoffs will have on both employees and public safety as a whole.
December 31, 2009
Court rules against Schwarzenegger furlough orders… again
A California judge on Thursday ruled that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had abused his discretion in ordering furloughs of state workers, dealing a blow to the administration's efforts to cope with the state's ongoing fiscal crisis.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch said the administration must halt the furloughs for workers represented by three unions, including Service Employees International Union Local 1000, which represents 95,000 state employees…
LINK - SFGate.com
December 23, 2009
Breaking News: Schwarzenegger budget plan will include furlough, layoff options
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to save $1.6 billion in state employee costs by maintaining monthly furloughs past next June, instituting layoffs or shifting general fund workers into positions financed by other revenues, according to sources familiar with the governor's forthcoming budget proposal.
California faces a $20.7 billion general fund budget deficit through June 2011, according to an estimate by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office. Schwarzenegger ordered an estimated 200,000 state workers to take two furlough days a month starting last February and then three per month starting in July to save an estimated $1.4 billion in general fund dollars. Under the governor's new budget proposal, furloughs could continue beyond the scheduled end date of June 2010…
LINK - SacBee.com
December 23, 2009
Inmate On The Run After Escaping CCA Custody
Authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped from custody and jumped into the Withlacoochee River.
According to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, Terry N. Davis, 47, escaped custody just after 1 p.m. near Allen's Bait & Seafood on Elkins Road in Inglis.
Davis is described as a white male with brownish-gray hair and blue eyes. He is believed to have taken off his jail-issued orange jumpsuit. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 155 pounds…
LINK - CFNews13.com (Citrus County, Florida)
December 22, 2009
Union says overtime hours at PDC skyrocket
Hundreds of psychiatric technicians at the Porterville Developmental Center have accumulated massive amounts of overtime, according to new statistics that one union says cost taxpayers up to $180,000 in November alone.
The California Association of Psychiatric Technicians (CAPT) found that its 759 local members worked 5,900 hours of overtime in November—a 257 percent increase since September.
The state-run hospital for the severely mentally disabled is grappling with maintaining a staff-to-client ratio while implementing unpaid furloughs.
"This is a big concern for us," CAPT consultant Brady Oppenheim said. "Our concern is for the taxpayers who are having to foot the bill…"
LINK - RecorderOnline.com
December 20, 2009
Court overturns California ban on violent felons owning body armor
A police advocacy group has criticized an appeals court judgment last week overturning a law that prevented violent felons from owning body armor, saying the ruling will put officers and the public in danger.
The decade-old ban was enacted after the 1997 North Hollywood shootout, a confrontation between police and two heavily armored bank robbers that injured officers and civilians. The state Legislature passed the ban in 1998 as a measure to protect police…
LINK - LATimes.com
