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Chair Michael Allen called for a motion to approve the minutes; a motion and a second were made and the chair called the question. The board approved the minutes by voice vote; the meeting record shows the procedural approval but does not list an individual roll-call tally in the transcript excerpts.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","CUIAB Board Meeting - April 16, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board approved the minutes of its March 19 meeting by voice vote at the April 16 session.","taxTitle","Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, Agencies under Office of the Governor, Executive, California","taxId",70071,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6270276,"Staffing, safety and training updates: CAO outlines hires, CHP safety sessions and CPR vendor RFQ",378,1811000,2189000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3037087-87da39777122418e8735ef1d65d1fc19&start=1811&end=2189","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3037087-87da39777122418e8735ef1d65d1fc19/thumbnail_1811000.jpg","/articles/6270276/California/Staffing-safety-and-training-updates-CAO-outlines-hires-CHP-safety-sessions-and-CPR-vendor-RFQ","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6270276-24327ebfe8b2bf0fa1ac41520108e0d4/orig.mp4?Expires=1770921070&Signature=UXi4uGLJUbuJi1WW9q2OWu18udmGU40U5a2fnwfuSxa6MzaLhtk9B~2G~oeYrCl5XDayNDzlpznQbbqTrhedtqhIy5BBoPGkE-PupwFksY0Lsv4CW7NdrE6SIofHNR-8k9eV1hDOwQ87Opw3q5UwdUptCPHzOf1oRP5ViwhEA7yAXFrHEViXrxI585uhCE5DA1QGnSM~jalvXWXrBFhPUc3spAO71zzX7k6zVTM8SmHjs~a3BF17JlricUdCH6DrEQt8oGgW1VD8SgY3PMDpB~NfeMzr9q8b-cnf2FD5QcrvTf6JNRlzGKGH6SNwGLDNecSaj0O~aFn2UKK~WggXpg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chief Administrative Officer Bobby Robert Silva gave a detailed operations report April 16, outlining recent hiring activity, safety training and procurement deadlines affecting the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.

Silva said five support-staff hires were completed since the prior meeting (Oxnard, Pasadena, Los Angeles and two for the Office of Tax Petitions in Sacramento) and those were balanced by five support-staff attritions during the same period. He said 16 support-staff recruitments remain pending; two candidates are completing name-clearance steps for Inland and Bay Area offices and a bilingual candidate is pending bilingual testing for a Bay Area office.

On safety, Silva said the agency initiated in-person safety sessions with the California Highway Patrol at each of the board’s 11 locations; all offices except Los Angeles had received the training as of the meeting. Training topics include personal and workplace safety, recognition of criminal indicators and active-shooter awareness. Silva said the Los Angeles office had not yet received an in-person CHP visit because of CHP staffing constraints; training materials will be shared in the meantime.

Silva said the agency identified low CPR certification rates among staff in several offices and has issued an RFQ to establish a statewide CPR training vendor; the RFQ deadline is April 28. He also announced the period for 2025 employee performance appraisals (May 5–June 15) and an optional individual development plan delivery around July 15. Procurement and purchasing cutoffs were detailed: a purchase-order deadline for larger items a week from the meeting date, CalCard purchases allowed through May 9 with two CalCards remaining department-wide for emergencies until the fiscal cutoff on June 6.

Board members asked about Narcan availability and return-to-work facility capacity. Silva said he was not aware of a state policy on Narcan but would research it. On facility capacity for return-to-work directives, staff previously completed the required survey and determined the agency has sufficient space to accommodate staff returning to office work; Silva said the agency had reduced its outstation footprint and retained five outstations statewide to maintain service coverage.","The agency reported five new hires offset by five attritions, 16 pending recruitments, CHP-led safety training for most offices, and a statewide request-for-quote for CPR certification training with a April 28 vendor deadline.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6270281,"New CIO introduced; board told CAMS changeover remains on budget",594,1720000,2314000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3037087-87da39777122418e8735ef1d65d1fc19&start=1720&end=2314","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3037087-87da39777122418e8735ef1d65d1fc19/thumbnail_1720000.jpg","/articles/6270281/California/New-CIO-introduced-board-told-CAMS-changeover-remains-on-budget","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6270281-b9c00d8eca18154e41919f6fb4ec9193/orig.mp4?Expires=1770921070&Signature=P8vjt0PhiqmKgpTU-iJrKEN2FzB5oOovsuHn2E87ea3GSE2B7XeSwDyeds0~SZPMZm~GsGL1OS15vl3hY8KGQBibGaKoox9mBQRXeKpUkxSUzmy0-r44o8VG2hVpEXEkdQI2bJr~t3YuVHX7EordZdFJKMd-tqgwohKRGbIhaSDqD2Wl~3UNMJew-jyZUqRtx2r~tSts749v-f8yWE1JnWtvOtqTdXVDWgeLo70vv9v4VSR-q95FbEARTPm3t2GUrZHuWyy8JO-HSLTeWINPsuabw-kZz0g6WFxHkALsLr-HewvyJYRxSf0me-VVnGEy5sT-iK2gJZ5R-E79MCSe3g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","John Camp Webb was introduced April 16 as the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board’s new chief information officer. Webb told the board he started Monday and is \"still learning all the systems and our goals and objectives.\" Board members welcomed him and thanked interim IT leaders for the selection process.

Separately, Chief Administrative Officer Bobby Robert Silva told the board that the agency has budgeted to cover remaining CAMS (case management) transition work and noted an earlier increase in Salesforce costs that had been previously discussed with the board. Silva said major CAMS changeover items were prioritized and the agency is now completing smaller \"mop up\" tasks with available funds.

No technical details, timelines for specific CAMS fixes or contingency amounts were provided during the meeting; board members asked for continued updates as the agency finishes remaining transition work.","The agency introduced its new chief information officer and staff said remaining CAMS transition work is covered within the approved budget.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6270285,"California UI Appeals Board reports falling backlog, says second-level review exceeded federal timeliness standards",263,1411000,1674000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3037087-87da39777122418e8735ef1d65d1fc19&start=1411&end=1674","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3037087-87da39777122418e8735ef1d65d1fc19/thumbnail_1411000.jpg","/articles/6270285/California/California-UI-Appeals-Board-reports-falling-backlog-says-second-level-review-exceeded-federal-timeliness-standards","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6270285-8d5be195f36237eaceefcba4f23b21ae/orig.mp4?Expires=1770921070&Signature=bcZ6CwHVgRol3xs7aflWM2icFPXJY4ggWchbhuj6YpRgyzSPSGjnDtH8tx2s94QKL7xwdhK4E1hBtDbTiqZGi3umoFKGYEntoSbz2fCWz~PRMAdX~N4lUO0E1CGia0FEoRUk3Q0VYmIyfRi7~h1pe~8kpp9SMyKp1ZZXKC6KS1fXGnSBp0xLJC~v6FSeDYxA7xK4YJZeKSzeKxfisZz-XF-NbDLw92GrRf5Bh0Dxp3NTOYxX5a0kIsCnfH1ppZBW8wxGj64LJgBQEJt3RuKaz4T74bTIeSCPeobGYc9PuWo3ZPboTCN0e2C-k5cRz6a28T6dSQ4eiXMLVj4taxvzsw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board heard reports April 16 that appeals dispositions rose in March, inventories fell and the board’s second-level review unit exceeded Department of Labor timeliness benchmarks for the federal year ending March 31.

Chief Judge and Executive Director Michael Koutre told the board the agency closed 1,070 cases recently, with 1,012 processed through the CAMS system and 58 through legacy processes. He said the field issued 25,800 decisions in March and that overall inventory fell by about 3,000 cases; average case age decreased three days to 47 days.

Koutre said the board moved 1,300 cases across offices since the last meeting to reduce local disparities in wait times and that, while the federal standard for case age is 30 days, the agency is \"in striking distance\" of that goal over the next six to nine months.

Judge Bach, chief of appellate operations, presented second-level review results for the Department of Labor (DOL) year. He reported that for March the second-level unit closed 64.1 percent of cases within 45 days and 92.4 percent within 75 days; for the DOL year ending March 31 the unit closed 65.9 percent within 45 days and 93.4 percent within 75 days. He also reported an end-of-year case-aging average of 34.2 days, below the DOL 40-day benchmark. Bach contrasted those figures with national averages he cited: national case aging for the field at 191 days and a national second-level average of 153 days.

Board members asked questions about judge staffing, use of retired annuitants and how the board forecasts appeals following changes in unemployment claims. Koutre said the board hired a large cohort of judges after the pandemic, retained a substantial share, and had better forecasting and communications with the Employment Development Department and U.S. Department of Labor to anticipate future claim and appeals volumes. He said the agency is better positioned than in 2020 to ramp up if claims spike again.

Several board members praised the agency’s progress and asked staff to continue reporting monthly metrics. No formal policy changes or votes on programmatic matters were taken during the discussion.","At its April 16 meeting the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board heard reports that monthly dispositions increased and overall inventory and case age have declined; second-level review reported it exceeded U.S. Department of Labor timeliness benchmarks for the year ending March 31.","actionData","errors"]

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