Our October board meeting will now be in Sacramento at the Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza. 

• Dates: Oct. 15-18, 2010 
• Place: Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza, Sacramento, 300 J St. (1-800-HOLIDAY or 916-446-0100)
  (use "ACSS group" to get the discount)

If your attendance is authorized by your chapter president, ACSS will reimburse your room and travel expenses.

ACSS will post information and answers to your questions about the governor's minimum wage order in this section. Check back frequently for updates and follow our blog for the latest from the news. We will have more information after our meet and confer with DPA on Thursday, July 8.

How you can help: Contact Your Legislators to urge your representatives to pass the budget.

• Urge your legislators to vote for continuous appropriation
• Controller's cross-complaint.
• Chiang letter to DPA
• DPA Q&A
• Q&A on minimum wage
• Governor sues to force Chiang to pay minimum wage.
• Controller John Chiang responded to the Appeals Court ruling on minimum wage.
• Read Speaker John Perez's reaction to the minimum-wage order.
• Controller John Chiang responded that he will not cut minimum-wage checks for July.
• Read President Arlene Espinoza's response to the controller's stand in her President's Report.
• Read the DPA pay letter authorizing minimum wage.
• The Appeals Court rules DPA has the authority to cut state workers to the federal minimum wage.