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Administrative services: fewer incoming appeals expected next fiscal year; vacancies should absorb reductions
Summary
Chief Administrative Services Robert Silva told the board that appeals workload projections are falling and that 24 separations in FY25-26 provide vacancies to accommodate likely position reductions; the agency submitted budget call letters for FY26-27.
Robert Silva, the board's chief administrative services official, briefed members on recruitment, recent separations and budget planning for fiscal year 2026-27. Silva said targeted recruitments for record-control units (Los Angeles) closed March 2 and that the agency consolidated small-ticket furniture and equipment requests as part of the budget call.
Silva told the board that program offices submitted budget call letters for FY 26-27 and that the agency is projecting a decreased appeals workload for the next fiscal year, reflecting recent declines in incoming and backlog cases. He said the agency experienced 24 separations in FY 25-26 that were largely not backfilled and that those vacancies could absorb a reduced allocation of positions if the state awards fewer slots in the coming budget.
Board members asked whether allocations include contingency capacity for unexpected workload spikes. Silva said resource-justification models compute positions from three-year workload forecasts and that there is not typically an explicit contingency pool of positions; managers rely on internal flexibility, overtime and workload rebalancing if volumes increase unexpectedly. Member Richard Roth emphasized the importance of planning for contingencies given economic unpredictability.
Silva said the agency is engaging EDD's program-estimate unit to project unemployment and disability appeals workload for next fiscal year and will provide updates as budgeting progresses.
