Labor Relations: The Meet and Confer Process

274 Muroc Unified School District (1978) PERB Dec. No. 80-E [4 PERC ¶ 10004]. 275 Marin Community College District (1995) PERB Dec. No. 1092-E [19 PERC ¶ 26070]. 276 Stockton Unified School District (1980) PERB Dec. No. 143-E [4 PERC ¶ 11189]. 277 Gov. Code, § 3505.

278 Town of Paradise (2007) PERB Dec. No. 1906-M [31 PERC ¶ 108] [union had a right to information relevant and necessary to effectively administer the MOU, even absent a specific grievance dispute, in order to evaluate the merits of future claims and whether to pursue a grievance]. 279 City of Redding (2011) PERB Dec. No. 2190-M [36 PERC ¶ 14]. 280 City of Redding (2011) PERB Dec. No. 2190-M [36 PERC ¶ 14]; Petaluma City Elementary School District/Joint Union High School District (2016) PERB Dec. No. 2485-E [41 PERC ¶ 23]. 281 County of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission (2013) 56 Cal.4th 905 [157 Cal.Rptr.3d 481]; City of Redding (2011) PERB Dec. No. 2190-M [36 PERC ¶ 14]. 282 Ventura County Community College District (1999) PERB Dec. No. 1340 [23 PERC ¶ 30147]. 283 City of Redding (2011) PERB Dec. No. 2190-M [36 PERC ¶ 14]; City of Burbank (2008) PERB Dec. No. 1988- M [33 PERC ¶ 11]. 284 City of Redding (2011) PERB Dec. No. 2190-M [36 PERC ¶ 14]; Petaluma City Elementary School District/Joint Union High School District (2016) PERB Dec. No. 2485-E [41 PERC ¶ 23]. 285 City of Redding (2011) PERB Dec. No. 2190-M [36 PERC ¶ 14]; City of Burbank (2008) PERB Dec. No. 1988- M [33 PERC ¶ 11] [seven-week delay in providing requested information was not justified]. 286 City of Redding (2011) PERB Dec. No. 2190-M [36 PERC ¶ 14]; 287 Stockton Unified School District (1980) PERB Dec. No. 134-E [4 PERC ¶ 11189]. 288 State of California, (Department of Corrections) (2000) PERB Dec. No. 1388-S [24 PERC ¶ 31107] [employer refused to produce any responsive information regarding reorganization plan, including interim staffing plan, and failure to provide final staffing plan until after the reorganization was complete constitutes untimely response]. 289 Los Angeles Superior Court (2010) PERB Dec. No. 2112-I [34 PERC ¶ 91]. 290 Colton Joint Unified School District (1981) PERB Order No. Ad-11. 291 A more thorough examination of the interest-based bargaining process can be found in Fisher & Ury, Getting to Yes, Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (1981). 292 MMBA, Gov. Code, § 3505.1. 293 Beverly Hills Firemen’s Assn.., Inc. v. City of Beverly Hills (1981) 119 Cal.App.3d 620, 628 [174 Cal.Rptr. 178].

294 City of Lincoln (2012) PERB Decision No. 2284-M [37 PERC ¶ 69]. 295 City of Long Beach (2012) PERB Decision No. 2296-M [37 PERC ¶ 130]. 296 EERA, Gov. Code, § 3540.1(f).

297 8 CCR § 32802(a)(2); see also, City of Salinas (2017) PERB No. Ad-457-M [42 PERC ¶ 77] [City’s letter declaring it “fulfilled its [bargaining] obligation under the MMBA” and would soon move forward with the matter at issue between the parties described an impasse in substance, if not in form, although the declaration would “undoubtedly be clearer” if it used the term “impasse.”]. 298 Davis City Employees Association (2012) PERB Decision No. 2271-M [37 PERC ¶ 12]. 299 Gov. Code, §§ 3505.4, 3505.5.

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