This case deals with five misleading practices CDCR has been implementing and their push for psychiatric staff reductions. Read UAPD’s amicus brief here
Ralph Coleman v. Gavin Newsom
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California State of California Doctors
UAPD Puts CDCR on Notice
UAPD's legal counsel of Weinberg, Roger, and Rosenfeld sent out a firm "cease and desist" letter this week to CDCR Secretary Ralph Diaz and Federal Receiver Clark Kelso. In the letter, UAPD has demanded that CDCR immediately stop any unilateral action on their...
UAPD Proposals Implemented at DHCS for RAFT Program
In January, CAASD members notified us that employees were being asked to sign a new RAFT agreement. In response, the UAPD reached out to the department. The department replied by providing an update with the following changes, many of which are proposals that UAPD...
Patton State Hospital Unhinges Their “Matrix”
Recently, UAPD met in a Joint Labor-Management Committee to discuss the dissolution of the Matrix. What was the Matrix? In short, the Matrix was the chain-of-command which Bargaining Unit 16 doctors had to follow at Patton State Hospital. Doctors had been...
Register for the 2018 UAPD Triennial Convention
We invite all of our members to come to San Francisco this October 26th and 27th for the UAPD Triennial Convention. All events will take place at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel, located at 1 Old Bayshore Highway in Millbrae, CA 94030. If you wish...
The Votes Are In: A New UAPD Board Has Been Elected
Your votes have been tallied from last month's UAPD Board elections and here are the results: Vice Presidents: Ronald H. Lewis, MD, FACP, and Mubashir A.Farooqi, MD County Board Members: Rex L. Cheng, MD, Victoria A. Behrman, MD, Sandhya...