Upcoming 2026 Events

September

  • September 19 – PERB 50th Anniversary Conference, Berkeley Labor Center (PERB)
  • September 29 – Webinar: SMCS Arbitration Panel & Process (Jessica Ialanji, State Mediation and Conciliation Service Support, and Adrian Johnson, Conciliator)

October

  • October 8 – Board Meeting, Glendale Regional Office (Chairperson and Board Members)
  • October 8 – Reception and Panel Discussion, Glendale Regional Office (TBD)
  • TBD – Webinar: Compliance / Remedies (Office of the General Counsel; Division of Administrative Law)

November

  • November 16–20 – CALPELRA
  • TBD – Webinar: Impasse & Factfinding (Office of the General Counsel)

December

  • December 10 – Board Meeting, Sacramento Regional Office (Chairperson and Board Members)
  • TBD – Webinar: Day in the Life (PERB)

Past Events

January

  • January 15 – Career Fair, UC Davis (Leo Melton, Regional Attorney)
  • January 28 – Webinar: 2025 Year-End Wrap-Up and Look Ahead to 2026 (PERB Chairperson and Executive Staff)

February

  • February 12 – Board Meeting, Sacramento Regional Office (Chairperson and Board Members)
  • February 25 – Webinar: General Labor Law Training (Sheena Farro, Senior Regional Attorney)

March

  • March 3 – Oral Argument in County of Santa Clara v. Public Employment Relations Board; Service Employees International Union Local 521 in the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Sixth Appellate District (Jessica Kim, Attorney Supervisor)
  • March 10 – Webinar: Overview of State Mediation and Conciliation Service (Jerry Fecher, Director, State Mediation and Conciliation Service)

April

  • April 9 – Oral Argument in County of Santa Clara v. Public Employment Relations Board; Service Employees International Union Local 521 in the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Sixth Appellate District (Kimberly Procida, Senior Regional Attorney)
  • April 9 – Board Meeting, Sacramento Regional Office (Chairperson and Board Members)
  • April 9 – Reception and Panel Discussion, Sacramento Regional Office (Eric Banks, Shawn Cloughesy, Anita Martinez, Erich Shiners, Loretta van der Pol, Priscilla Winslow)
  • April 17 – Webinar: Pre-Hearing Preparation (Eric Cu, Chief of the Division of Administrative Law, and Erik Cuadros, Administrative Law Judge)

May

  • May 1 – California Lawyers Association Public Sector Conference, Sacramento (Susan Davey, Executive Director; Jerry Fecher, Director, State Mediation and Conciliation Service)
  • May 14 – Webinar: Case Processing (Joseph Eckhart, Interim General Counsel)
  • May 28 – Oral Argument in City and County of San Francisco v. Public Employment Relations Board; San Francisco Municipal Attorneys Association in the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District (Jessica Kim, Attorney Supervisor)

June

  • June 11 – Board Meeting, Oakland Regional Office (Chairperson and Board Members)
  • June 11 – Reception and Panel Discussion, Oakland Regional Office (Arthur Krantz, Board Member; Eric Cu, Chief of the Division of Administrative Law)
  • June 24 – Webinar: Informal Conferences (Kimberly Procida, Senior Regional Attorney)

July

  • July 7 – Webinar: Panel Discussion (Val Racho, Supervising ALJ, Jana Ellingson-Kegel, Senior Administrative Law Judge, and Bernhard Rohrbacher, Senior Administrative Law Judge)

August

  • August 13 – Board Meeting, Sacramento Regional Office (Chairperson and Board Members)
  • August 13 – Webinar: Representation Matters & Elections (Jerry Fecher, Director, State Mediation and Conciliation Service and Yaron Partovi, Principal Attorney Supervisor)