Oakland Deputy City Attorneys

Join us for our annual celebration of the life of a great labor leader, civil rights activist & humanitarian, Cesar E. Chavez.

Guest speaker Josie Camacho, Executive Secretary Treasurer of the Alameda Labor Council, is a dynamic speaker who will talk about the labor movement and the struggle of immigrant workers.

In the spirit of Chavez’s legacy of community activism, this will be an eco-friendly green event. We are also

requesting that all members bring non-perishable items to donate to the Alameda County Food Bank.

In Oakland, the loss of Redevelopment Agency (RDA) funding on February 1 left a $27 million hole in the FY 11/12 budget, affecting over 160 positions fully or partially funded in 11 City departments. In response to this crisis, Oakland City Administrator Deanna Santana and her staff revised the budget, cutting jobs and restructuring City agencies. To implement these changes quickly she issued layoff notices to 2,500 non-sworn employees on January 18 with the expectation that layoffs would be effective February 3, 2012, three days after the adoption of the revised budget.

February 1 marked the end of redevelopment for 400 cities and counties in California. The transition for employees represented by Local 21 has been smoother in some places than in others. Here is a brief run down:

San Leandro & Hayward

San Leandro is still determining next steps following the dissolution of Redevelopment. The Union is meeting and conferring with Hayward administrators over the impact of layoffs and bumping.

Richmond

Save Jobs, Affordable Housing and Economic Development

As you may know, the CA Supreme Court ruled that the measure to abolish redevelopment was legal and that the bill allowing redevelopment programs to continue in exchange for shifting millions of dollars to the state was unconstitutional. Worse, they ruled that redevelopment agencies should wind down their activities by February 1, just days from now.