Local public employee organizations: notice requirements.

Assembly Member Ortega's proposal to modify California's public employment contracting process would require local agencies to provide employee organizations with 120 days' notice before issuing contract solicitations or renewals that affect represented job classifications. The notice must detail the contract's anticipated duration, scope, cost, and rationale, along with draft solicitation materials or equivalent information.

Under the measure, if employee organizations request negotiations within 30 days of receiving notice, agencies must promptly meet to discuss the proposed contract and its effects. The bill allows organizations to reopen existing labor agreements to address contracting issues. During emergencies, agencies must provide as much advance notice as circumstances allow rather than the full 120-day period.

The proposal maintains existing employee and labor organization rights while adding these notification requirements. Local agencies would bear implementation costs without state reimbursement, though they could pursue alternative means of cost recovery. The measure builds upon current Meyers-Milias-Brown Act provisions that require agencies to meet with employee organizations regarding employment terms and provide reasonable notice of changes affecting represented workers.