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Board holds AB 2561 vacancy hearing; probation and prosecutors identify pay and take‑home pay as primary retention drivers
Summary
Under AB 2561 the board heard detailed vacancy data and employee testimony. Probation and deputy district attorney units reported sustained vacancy and turnover of experienced staff and urged pay and benefit changes to retain personnel.
The Board held the first annual public hearing required by AB 2561 on May 6 to review county vacancy data, recruitment and retention efforts and bargaining‑unit presentations for units with high vacancy rates.
Human Resources Director Christina Kramer presented countywide workforce metrics: roughly 2,369 regular employees, a median age of 45, and 61% of employees commuting into Marin from other counties. For calendar year 2024 the county recorded about 219 hires and 69 separations, an 8.2% turnover rate. The county’s time‑to‑offer metric (opening to acceptance) averaged about 73 days across recruitments; law‑enforcement background checks produced substantially longer timelines for positions such as…
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