Beginning July 1, 2006, excluded employees who use their personal vehicles for authorized state business will be reimbursed at 44.5 cents per mile, which mirrors the current Internal Revenue Service mileage reimbursement rate.

Letter from ACSS President Tim Behrens to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger regarding pay raises for Excluded Employees. "I was encouraged to read that you and the constitutional officers of California received an 18% salary raise, and that the legislators were granted an additional 2%. Governor, now is the time for you to acknowledge the value of managers and supervisors in state service and pass on that same 18% to members of your management team."

Zero percent since the year 2001.

The Association of California State Supervisors (ACSS) has been actively working with the Governor and Legislature to deliver this message: "The State’s Management Team has not had a raise in 6 years!"

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System voted June 21 to increase Basic health maintenance organization (HMO) plan premiums by an average of 11.6 percent while maintaining the existing co-payment structures.