Lawyers for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and attorneys representing three unions will meet this morning at 9 a.m. in Alameda Superior Court to haggle over how to apply a judge's December decision that specific aspects of the governor's furlough policy are illegal.
Click here to see the notice of hearing.
The unions, SEIU Local 1000, the Union of American Physicians and Dentists and California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment will submit proposals about how Judge Frank Roesch's December decisions should be applied.
We expect the union lawyers will argue for many or even all of their members to come under the umbrella of Roesch's decisions, which you can read by clicking here. The governor's side will ask Roesch to apply his decision to a relatively small number of state workers.
So what happens next?
Roesch will take the arguments into consideration, issue a judgment (it could take days, weeks or months), which Schwarzenegger will immediately appeal. That will freeze the status quo, unless the unions successfully argue that the affected state workers should be restored to full hours and pay while the case grinds on. Click here for more details.
And click this link to see our Furlough Fights spreadsheet, which tracks all the state furlough litigation in the courts.
IMAGE: www.yolo.courts.ca.gov
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