Mark your calendars. The Los Angeles County Choices Annual Benefits Enrollment begins October 1 and continues through October 31, 2014. All eligible Choices County employees will have an opportunity during the Annual Benefits Enrollment to review their benefit elections and make changes for 2015.

Sometime ago, at the request of the Chief Information Office, a Countywide study was conducted with the goal of appropriately classifying positions performing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) related functions as their primary responsibility. The reason for the study, according to Management, was that the lack of GIS specific classifications hindered efforts to recruit, develop and maintain GIS technical expertise on staff.

The twenty-one member CAPE Political Endorsement Committee (PEC) gathered in February & March to engage and measure the candidates for L.A. County Supervisor, 3rd District, and L.A. County Assessor.

The two leading candidates for the Third District L.A. County Supervisor, as well as eight of the candidates for County Assessor including some CAPE members, participated in the CAPE endorsement process.

Second & Third Cost-of-living Pay Hikes Effective 10/1/14 and 4/1/15, Fringe Benefit Contract Adds to Paychecks

All six of CAPE’s Los Angeles County bargaining units ratified the salary contract agreement late last year providing for a 6% total across-the-board cost-of-living-adjustment pay increase. The first 2% pay increase was implemented retroactive to October 1, 2013 and hit members’ paychecks at the end of last year. The second and third pay hikes will be implemented in the next 12 months. 2% on October 1, 2014, and 2% on April 1, 2015.

December 5, 2013

The Coalition of County Unions -- CCU - leaders announced a tentative agreement on a new Fringe Benefit Contract with County management on December 5, 2013.  The new agreement arrives after months of stalled negotiations that followed the County's eleventh hour demand for changes to County Retiree Health benefits for future employees.

Retro-active pay increase of 2% to be implemented following approval by County Board of Supervisors – November 14, 2013

All six of CAPE's Los Angeles County bargaining units have overwhelmingly ratified the tentative salary contract agreement that provides for a 6% total across-the-board cost-of-living-adjustment pay increase for all LA County CAPE-represented employees.

L.A. County Refuses to Cover Cost of Health Care Inflation Unless Labor Agrees to Plan That Will Bankrupt Retirees – November 7, 2013

CAPE Bargaining Teams Secure 6% Pay Raises

After months of preparations and four months at the salary contract negotiations table, the CAPE bargaining teams have tentatively agreed to a new 2-year salary contract that provides for a 6% total across-the-board cost-of-living-adjustment pay increase for all LA County CAPE-represented employees.

The pay-raise agreements were secured by the CAPE teams representing the Professional Engineers, Engineering Technicians, and Appraisers bargaining units during formal bargaining with County negotiators last week.