Supporters for Scientists

Supporters of Scientists

Documents
DPAs Total Compensation Survey 2006
“The State lags other public employers in all the engineering and scientific benchmark classes, both in total compensation and salary… The State has already begun to address this lag. The collective bargaining agreement for State engineers includes a “parity” provision that has significantly increased State engineer salaries. However, this improvement has a downside: the State now has severe retention problems in the scientist classes where the duties, responsibilities, and knowledge overlap the engineer classes.”
Read the DPA Total Compensation Survey Occupational Findings from 2006
LAO MOU Fiscal Analysis August 2014
In addition, many Unit 10 managers and supervisors will receive large pay increases— between 18 percent and 43 percent—as a result of a recent court decision. The combination of these factors likely will affect management and rank-and-file pay differentials. We advise the Legislature to monitor these changes in salaries and try to maintain appropriate differentials between rank-and-file and managerial classifications.
Read the LAO's MOU Fiscal Analysis Report from August 22, 2014
LAO MOU Fiscal Analysis August 2018
There are a number of classifications represented by Unit 10 that are similar to classifications represented by Unit 9 (professional engineers). There have been issues in the past with retaining Unit 10 members as they are drawn to higher compensation levels provided by the Unit 9 classifications.
Read the August 28, 2018 LAO MOU Fiscal Analysis Report
CalMatters Morale killer California State Scientists battle over pay disparities
Throughout the article, the author also cites other voices who are similarly calling for adjustments to compensation for state scientists - from a retired Executive Director from the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, who stated that “the people that were in my unit, we were all working on the same thing - there was really no specific definition of well this is geologist work, versus engineer versus scientist” to incumbent Secretaries and stakeholder organizations.
Read 'Morale killer' from February 11, 2022 on CalMatters Website
Letter from California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot 2020
In summary, clearly Environmental Scientists are underpaid compared to their federal and private sector counterparts, as well as engineers working in state government…Such pay equity is urgently needed to enable high-quality science to meet our Agency’s mission.If unaddressed in collective bargaining, this challenge is anticipated to grow given projected demand for scientists. Minor salary adjustments in recent years have not achieved pay equity for rank and file scientists.
Letter from California Environmental Protection Secretary Jared Blumenfeld 2020
In short, we feel this inequity compromises the long-term success and viability of our agency, and we request that you resolve this issue expeditiously through collective bargaining.…During his first speech in office, Governor Newsom discussed the importance of establishing equity where it doesn't exist. It is my firm belief that this is precisely the type of situation to which he referred.
Pay Equity NGO Support Letter 2022
On behalf of the California Institute for Biodiversity and co‐signed organizations, we write with thanks for your ongoing commitment to pay equity, and to ask that you step forward with assertive leadership to address long‐standing pay equity issues for California’s State Scientists.
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Review the support documents CAPS submitted to Governor Newsom and more in support of California Scientists. Documents will be posted here as they become available. Check back regularly for more details. 

Support Documents:

Thank you to these California State Legislative Representative Signers: 

  • Assembly Member Tina McKinnor
  • Assembly Member Blanca Rubio
  • Assembly Member Miguel Santiago
  • Senator Thomas Umberg
  • Assembly Member Sabrina Cervantes’
  • Assembly Member Ash Kalra
  • Assembly Member Alex Lee
  • Assembly Member Kevin McCarty
  • Assembly Member Juan Carrillo
  • Senator Josh Newman
  • Senator Maria Elena Durazo
  • Assembly Member Heath Flora
  • Senator Steven Bradford
  • Assembly Member Lisa Calderon
  • Senator Caroline Menjivar
  • Senator Dave Cortese
  • Assembly Member Luz Rivas
  • Assembly Member Evan Low
  • Assembly Member Sharon Quirk-Silva
  • Assembly Member Joaquin Arambula
  • Assembly Member Brian Maienschein
  • Assembly Member Mike Gipson
  • Assembly Member Rick Chavez Zbur
  • Senator Scott Wiener
  • Assembly Member Tasha Boerner
  • Assembly Member Chris Ward
  • Assembly Member Matt Haney
  • Assembly Member Gregg Hart
  • Assembly Member Diane Papan
  • Assembly Member Dawn Addis
  • Assembly Member Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
  • Assembly Member Mike Fong
  • Assembly Member Dr. Akilah Weber
  • Assembly Member Philip Ting
  • Assembly Member Freddie Rodriguez
  • Assembly Member Chris Holden
  • Assembly Member Anthony Rendon
  • Assembly Member Corey Jackson
  • Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo
  • Assembly Member Jesse Gabriel
  • Assembly Member Gail Pellerin
  • Senator John Laird
  • Assembly Member Esmeralda Soria
  • Assembly Member Jim Wood
  • Assembly Member Laura Friedman
  • Assembly Member Damon Connolly
  • Assembly Member Liz Ortega
  • Assembly Member Al Muratsuchi
  • Assembly Member Pilar Schiavo
  • Assembly Member Eloise Gomez Reyes
  • Senator Angelique Ashby

Thank you to these signers: 

  • Daniel Gluesenkamp
    • California Institute for Biodiversity
  • Jay Ziegler
    • The Nature Conservancy
  • Sean Bothwell
    • California Coastkeeper Alliance
  • Jane Sellen
    • Californians for Pesticide Reform
  • Lauren Weston
    • Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet
  • Norman Gershenz
    • Org
  • Dan Silver
    • Endangered Habitats League
  • Michael J. Painter
    • Californians for Western Wilderness
  • Chance Cutrano
    • Resource Renewal Institute
  • Wendy Butts
    • CA Association of Local Conservation Corps
  • Deirdre Des Jardins
    • California Water Research
  • Ariel Cherbowsky Corkidi
    • San Bruno Mountain Watch
  • Bill Allayaud
    • Environmental Working Group
  • Janet Cobb
    • California Wildlife Foundation
  • Peter Drekmeier
    • Tuolumne River Trust
  • Mark Rockwell
    • Fly Fishers International
  • Maureen Forney
    • Grand Old Broads
  • Avinash Kar
    • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Nsedu Witherspoon
    • Children’s Environmental Health Network
  • Paul Hughes
    • Forests Forever
  • Susanne Brander
    • PNW Consortium on Plastics
  • Amber Manfree
    • Consultant
  • Arlene Blum
    • Green Science Policy Institute
  • David McConville
    • Spherical
  • Shaney Darden
    • The Keep A Breast Foundation
  • Ann Blake, PhD
    • Environmental & Public Health Consulting
  • Cindy Abbott
    • Pacifica’s Environmental Family
  • Lianna Hartmour
    • Zero Breast Cancer
  • Nancy Buermeyer Buermeyer
    • Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
  • Margaret Goodale
    • Pacifica’s Environmental Family
  • Asha Sharma
    • Pesticide Action Network
  • Claire Schlotterbeck
    • Hills for Everyone
  • Quirina Geary
    • Tamien Nation
  • Andria Ventura
    • Clean Water Action
  • Cyn Coulouthros
    • Yes Please GARDEN
  • Timothy Hogan
    • TWB Environmental
  • Ann Van Leer
    • The Escondido Creek Conservancy
  • Amber Hasselbring
    • Nature in the City
  • Esperanza Vielma
    • Coalition for Environmental Equity & Economics
  • Glenn Phillips
    • Golden Gate Audubon
  • John Hopkins
    • CA Habitat Conservation Planning Coalition
  • Warner Chabot
    • San Francisco Estuary Institute
  • Amy Wolfrum
    • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Debra Chase
    • Mountain Lion Foundation
  • George H. Leonard, PhD
    • Ocean Conservancy
  • Geoffrey Shester, Ph.D.
    • Oceana
  • Adriana Guerrero
    • Brown Girl Surf
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