Jerry Brown vetoes state job posting bill

[Newsjock]

Source: Sacramento Bee

Gov. Jerry Brown today vetoed legislation that would have required state agencies and departments to post all examination and job vacancies on the State Personnel Board's website.

Assembly Bill 1395 passed 37-0 in the Senate and 77-0 in the Assembly. Assemblyman Sandré Swanson, D-Alameda, said the measure would level the playing field for laid-off state workers who sought other government jobs.

Along with the mandate for online posting of tests and vacancies, the measure would have required the names of laid off employees in narrowly-defined, department-specific job classifications be placed on employment lists for comparable statewide classifications.

... Despite the support, Brown's veto letter faulted the bill for increasing the likelihood that employees might be placed in jobs for which they're not qualified and "may delay the layoff process and reduce the anticipated savings from future layoffs."

Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2011/08/jerry-brown-vetoes-state-job-p.html

[rpannier]

1. That's a veto appeared to be headed for override

[Endangered Specie]

2. Hard to believe anything could get passed unanimously in the Calif legislature!

[RobinA]

4. It's Kind of

a no-brainer it seems to me. I mean, what's the problem? Other states do it all the time.

[w4rma]

3. Wtf? That one looks like an easy override. Why would he bother vetoing it? (nt)