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Thousand Oaks receives AB 2561 job vacancy report; citywide vacancy rate 7.5%
Summary
City Human Resources Director Jeanette Green presented the city’s annual report required by Assembly Bill 2561 showing a fiscal year 2024–25 vacancy rate of 7.5% across 397 positions; the council accepted the report and found the action CEQA-exempt, 5-0.
Thousand Oaks — The City Council on Tuesday held the statutorily required hearing for Assembly Bill 2561 and voted unanimously to receive the city’s annual vacancy report and to note the action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act.
What staff said
Human Resources Director Jeanette Green told the council the AB 2561 report covers fiscal year 2024–25 and fulfills a state requirement that public agencies report on job vacancies and staffing. "The city has 397 total positions with an overall vacancy rate of 7 5%," she said.
Green provided a bargaining-unit breakdown: one unit (listed in the report as Tosea) has 221 positions with 12 vacancies (5.43% vacancy rate); another unit (Toma) has 93 positions with 9 vacancies (9.68%); and SMA has 72 positions with 6 vacancies (8.33%). She said the department uses standard recruitment strategies, including job boards, social media, job fairs and competitive compensation packages to attract candidates, and that some technical or highly educated positions remain harder to fill.
Council action
Councilmember Engler moved to receive the report and note the CEQA exemption; the motion passed 5-0.
Ending
Staff will continue recruitment and retention efforts and will return with updates as part of regular reporting.
