PERB: OPERATION, JURISDICTION, AUTHORITY; APPLICABILITY OF AND CONFLICTS WITH OTHER STATUTES – Conflicts Between PERB-Administered Laws and Other California Statutes; Education Code/Supersession; MMBA Supersession

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CLARIFIED ON OTHER GROUNDS BY Trustees of the California State University v. Public Employment Relations Bd. (2026) 118 Cal.App.5th 90 and Trustees of the California State University (2026) PERB Decision No. 2915a-H.

MMBA section 3509(e) denies PERB jurisdiction over “actions” to enforce an existing interest arbitration procedure, including questions regarding the extent or scope of the parties’ arbitration obligations. It does not divest the Board of jurisdiction to determine whether a public agency violated MMBA section 3507 by failing to consult in good faith before adopting rules and regulations concerning interest arbitration. The extent to which local regulation of employment matters as prescribed by the charter might be superseded by matters of statewide concern as set out in the MMBA is a matter properly decided in the first instance, by PERB.