Legislative News
Governor signs CSEA sponsored legislation
(10/8/12) Governor Jerry Brown signed all four CSEA-sponsored bills that reached his desk at the end of the 2012 legislative session. CSEA members and staff worked hard through the last days of the session to ensure the passage and signature of all of CSEA's sponsored legislation...More
Governor signs pension reform bill
(9/12/12) Governor Brown signed AB 340 to enact significant changes to California public employee pensions. AB 340 will not modify or cut pensions for any current employees. Only employees hired after January 1, 2013 will be impacted by the benefit changes in AB 340...More
Governor signs 2012-13 state budget
(6/29/12) The Governor signed a balanced state budget that protects education and public safety programs, reduces state spending and closes the state's $15.7 billion deficit for 2012-13. The budget is predicated on voters approving the Schools and Local Public Safety Act this November. If it fails, the budget includes a proposed trigger reduction of approximately $5.5 billion for K-14 education...
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Community colleges forge on after trigger cuts, fee hike
(2/6/12) When the state’s “trigger cuts” were activated in December due to lower than expected revenues, California’s community college system lost another $102 million in funding and student fees increased to $46 per unit...More