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California’s public sector staffing crisis

Posted on January 26, 2024February 15, 2024

The Labor Center’s recent report Civil Service Vacancies in California 2022-2023 highlights the local effects of California’s statewide government staffing crisis. We found vacancy rates in several counties as high as 30% across wage levels and occupations.  Similar vacancy rates have been reported in cities, school districts, and state agencies. As a result, Californians have had to…

California’s teachers are fighting for better schools

Posted on January 12, 2024January 12, 2024

In an extraordinary year for labor, California’s teachers have been at the center of a revitalized movement that has successfully demanded better working conditions, family-supporting wages, and a seat at the table for important educational decisions. The toll taken by the COVID-19 pandemic, the stress of working in an increasingly strained education system, persistent state…

California can’t afford to repeat the Great Recession

Posted on March 4, 2021March 13, 2023

California’s 2021-22 budget will have an enormous impact on the nature of California’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor’s 2021-22 budget proposal would restore some critical funding for public health and education, but it will not be sufficient to get California’s economy and low-income Californians back on track. To avoid a prolonged economic downturn,…

Public Sector Impacts of the Great Recession and COVID-19

Posted on July 3, 2020March 14, 2023

This brief summarizes the Great Recession’s impact on public employment and the public sector job losses driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Our analysis points to the importance of focusing on the public sector as policymakers respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

COVID-19 Fiscal Impacts: What can we expect?

Posted on May 14, 2020March 15, 2023

Published May 14, 2020 as part of the UC Berkeley Labor Center’s Covid-19 Series: Resources, Data, and Analysis for California. The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have been severe: at least 30 million people have lost their jobs and millions of others have seen their incomes decline. Governments are spending billions of dollars on public health and the safety net….

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