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Kern County receives AB 2561 vacancy report; unions and staff press board on understaffing and restricted reserves
Summary
Kern County presented its annual AB 2561 vacancy report and the Board of Supervisors voted to receive and file the data; unions and county employees used the public hearing to press the board for faster hiring and clarification about restricted reserve balances.
The Kern County Board of Supervisors opened and closed the public hearing required by Assembly Bill 2561 and voted to receive and file a county vacancy report that summarized recruitment and retention data as of the pay period containing July 1, 2025.
Tracy Eldridge, the county chief human resources officer, presented the report and said the county’s Service Employees International Union (SEIU) bargaining units include 6,051 allocated positions and 793 vacancies, a 13.11% overall vacancy rate. Eldridge told the board that one bargaining unit — the sheriff’s aircraft pilot classification — showed a 100% vacancy because it contains a single classification that was vacant at the reporting date. Human resources described targeted recruitment efforts…
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