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Debate over statewide IHSS bargaining highlights cost trade‑offs and consumer control concerns

2948289 · April 9, 2025
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Summary

State officials, unions, counties and consumer advocates discussed a draft AB 102 work product on transitioning IHSS collective bargaining from 58 counties to a statewide model, with stakeholders divided over costs, local consumer control, and projected budgetary impacts.

The Assembly hearing reviewed the AB 102 mandated work group analysis of whether collective bargaining for In‑Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers should move from a county model to statewide or regional bargaining.

Leora Felicina, deputy director of adult programs at the Department of Social Services (CDSS), summarized the AB 102 process: CDSS convened a multi‑stakeholder work group, contracted facilitation and research (including UC Berkeley labor center), and produced a report estimating fiscal impacts. CDSS’s point‑in‑time cost model estimated that each $1.00 hourly statewide wage increase would add…

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