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Legislature interrogates vacancy sweep that would cut hundreds of environmental positions
Summary
LAO and JLBC flagged hundreds of proposed eliminations of vacant positions across DTSC, DPR and the State Water Board, recommending the Legislature preserve many special‑funded posts created for statutory reforms while weighing tradeoffs to reach $19M in general‑fund relief if positions are retained.
The subcommittee devoted a sustained panel to the administration's earlier proposal to eliminate vacant positions across state departments. The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) summarized the history: an initial administration request to eliminate roughly 6,000 vacancies (May revise) was narrowed to about 1,000 positions for legislative review; the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) did not concur with eliminating roughly 650 of those positions and asked for more information.
LAO analyst Sonia Pedic told the committee that many of the contested positions are special‑funded and were established to deliver statutory…
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