March 21, 2025

Thank you to everyone who supported us in our effort last week when we brought critical CFS issues to the highest level of County governance at the Board of Supervisors meeting. Because of your voices, we forced County leadership to acknowledge the crisis at CFS. The momentum is building and we cannot let up—real change requires continued pressure.

March 12, 2025

Stunned silence. That is how members of the County Board of Supervisors reacted when OCEA representatives took the recent CFS Social Worker survey results to the County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

March 11, 2025

Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, representatives from OCEA will attend the Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting to communicate that that the time is now to make significant, meaningful change within CFS.

March 5, 2025

For years, CFS executive managers have gaslit and ignored you, as documented in volumes by 225 of you who took OCEA’s CFS Social Worker Survey. While your executive managers may not have listened to your voices, the County CEO and Orange County Board of Supervisors are listening now.

February 26, 2025

Thank you to everyone who attended our CFS Membership Meeting on Zoom last Thursday, Feb. 20. More than 100 members joined us to stand together against the inexcusable working conditions you continue to face at CFS prompted by longtime inaction from CFS executive management.

February 20, 2025

A union is strong when we leverage our greatest strength, our strength in numbers. This is also true when we are talking about the retirement security of County public workers. Your pension is administered and governed by a nine-person Board of Trustees. Two of these OCERS Trustees are directly elected by you and your co-workers. Currently, you are served by two tireless advocates for retirement security, Trustees Adele Lopez Tagaloa and Iriss Barriga. Adele and Iriss, along with the other Trustees, work to ensure all County public workers can retire with dignity.

February 18, 2025

As you may know, a critical CFS Membership Meeting is scheduled on Zoom from Noon to 1 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 20. Login details are at the end of this email. I encourage all members to attend, as we will review the results of the recent CFS Social Worker Survey and discuss next steps.

February 13, 2025

As mentioned in my last letter, I’ve been in the trenches with you. I know what it’s like when your concerns are ignored, when speaking up feels risky, and when the system seems more focused on ignoring problems than fixing them.