Bills

AB 2889: Local public employee relations: the City of Los Angeles Employee Relations Board and the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission.

  • Session Year: 2023-2024
  • House: Assembly

Current Status:

Passed

(2024-09-20: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 315, Statutes of 2024.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Enacted

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Existing law establishes the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). Under existing law, PERB has the power and duty to investigate an unfair practice charge and to determine whether the charge is justified and the appropriate remedy for the unfair practice. Existing law, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, regulates the labor relations of employees and employers of local public agencies. The act requires that a complaint alleging any violation of the act or of any rules and regulations adopted by a public agency pursuant to specified law be processed as an unfair practice charge by PERB. The act provides that the initial determination as to whether the charge of unfair practice is justified and, if so, the appropriate remedy necessary to effectuate the purposes of the act is a matter within the exclusive jurisdiction of PERB, except that in an action to recover damages due to an unlawful strike, PERB does not have authority to award strike-preparation expenses as damages and does not have authority to award damages for costs, expenses, or revenue losses incurred during, or as a consequence of, an unlawful strike.

Existing law, notwithstanding PERBs authority, grants the employee relations commissions for the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles the power and responsibility to take actions on all unfair practices, as specified.

This bill would prohibit, in an action to recover damages due to an unlawful strike, the City of Los Angeles Employee Relations Board and the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission from awarding strike-preparation expenses as damages and awarding damages for costs, expenses, or revenue losses incurred during, or as a consequence of, an unlawful strike. The bill would provide that PERB, in an action involving the City of Los Angeles or the County of Los Angeles, has exclusive initial jurisdiction over a request for injunctive relief that seeks to enjoin organization by employees or employee activity, including, but not limited to, a strike, as specified.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Los Angeles Employee Relations Board and the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission.

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Floor3MIN
Aug 20, 2024

Senate Floor

Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations1MIN
Aug 5, 2024

Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary7MIN
Jul 2, 2024

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary

Senate Standing Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement7MIN
Jun 26, 2024

Senate Standing Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

Assembly Floor2MIN
May 13, 2024

Assembly Floor

Assembly Standing Committee on Appropriations2MIN
Apr 24, 2024

Assembly Standing Committee on Appropriations

Assembly Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement8MIN
Apr 3, 2024

Assembly Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement

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