1]         Since 2004, the employment goal [or parity] for persons with disabilities [PWDs] in California State government has been 16.6 percent. This is based on California disability labor force data from the 2000 U.S. Census [a]. Between 1996 and 2004 it was 11.4% [based on California disability labor force data from the 1990 U.S. Census][b1].

2]         State Government Workforce and PWDs:

                                                     Persons With Disabilities
Date        St Gov't Workforce         No.        %     Under Represented

6/30/04 [b]       209,575           15,689      7.5%        19,100

6/30/05 [b]       208,222           17,491      8.4%        17,074

6/30/06 [a]       210,591           18,199      8.6%        16,760

9/30/07 [c]       220,577           18,943      8.6%        17,673

3]         State Departments and PWDs. 

PWDs are significantly underrepresented in the following 17 departments [which employ nearly two-thirds of all state employees][d].

Dept.                   Employees   PWDs     Should Be    - or +  %   At

Corrections             53,206      1205        3381       -2175  35.6 **

Transportation          21,768      1454        3613       -2159  40.2

St. Comp. Insur. Fund   8,837       743         1467       -724   50.6

Develop. Services       8110        283         674        -391   42

Parks & Recreation      4321        257         619        -362   41.5

Justice                 4956        438         750        -312   58.4

General Services        3907        370         649        -279   57

Bd. of Equalization     3801        364         631        -267   57.7

Water Resources         2669        178         443        -265   40.2

Food & Agriculture      2153        104         357        -253   29.1

Employment Develop.     7924        1124        1315       -191   85.5

Youth Authority         3645        109         292        -183   37.4

Industrial Relations    2679        266         445        -179   59.8

Social Services         4008        486         665        -179   73

Fish & Game             2696        228         396        -168   57.6

St. Water Res. Cntr Bd  1442        96          239        -143   40.1 

PERS                    1821        161         302        -141   53.3

More than 64 percent of state jobs are in these 17 departments.

** Dept. of Corrections is based on an adjusted employee total of 20,362 [certain safety classes are excluded].

4]         Occupational Groups and PWDs:

State jobs are organized into the following 14 occupational groups.

Occupational Group                            Disability % [9/30/07][c]

Office & Allied Services                               13.6            

Fiscal, Management & Staff Services                    11.5            

Legal                                                   9.3            

Custodian & Domestic Services                           9.2            

Career Executive Assignment                             9.1            

Education & Library                                     8.3            

Medicine & Allied Services                              7.6            

Regulatory & Public Safety                              7.6            

Mechanical & Construction Trades                        7.3            

Engineering & Allied Services                           7.0            

State Emergency Disaster Program                        6.9            

Agriculture & Conservation                              6.1            

Broad Band Classification                               5.8            

Social Security & Rehabilitation                        4.6            

5]         Promotions:

FY Ending         Disability: Employment Rate/Promotion Rate

6/30/03 [b1]                        7.7%              7.1%

6/30/04 [b1]                        7.5%              6.3%

6/30/05 [b]                         8.4%              7.5%

6/30/06 [a]                         8.6%              8.5%

7/01/07 - 9/30/07 [i]               8.6%              7.0%

6]         Hiring and Examinations:

FY Ending               # PWDs Hired            % of All Hires

6/30/03 [b1]                  779                    4.8%

6/30/04 [b1]                  569                    4.2%

6/30/05 [b]                  1593                    6.7%

6/30/06 [a]                  1481                    6%

7/01/07 - 9/30/07 [i]         257                    4.7%

For the period July 1, 2006 through February 28, 2007, 40 state departments [out of 93 that have 30 or more employees] have used LEAP [e].

7]         Adverse Actions:

For the first nine months of Fiscal Year FY2000-01 [the most recent information available], PWDs comprised 7.2 percent of the State government work force.  At the same time, 9.7 percent of all adverse actions were initiated against PWDs [f].

8]         Discrimination Complaints:

For the calendar year 2004, 1636 discrimination complaints were initiated against State departments.  Of that total, 12.9 percent were on the basis of disability [g]. The disability employment rate for this time period was between 7.5 and 8.4 percent [cutting across two fiscal years][a].

9]         Disability Advisory Committees [DACs]

State law [Government Code Section 19795[b] has required all State departments to have DACs for many years and more recently they are also required by the Governor's Executive Order S-04-05 [6/22/05].

At the end of FY 2004-05, over 140 departments were reviewed to confirm they had a DAC. Over 30 did not and another 30-plus did not respond [h].

10]       Employment Goals For PWDs

Departments are required to submit goals to the SPB for the employment of PWDs if their disability representation is less than 13.3% [80% of the California disability labor force representation of 16.6%].

Year    No Goals Required    Goals Required     Required, but Not Submitted

2004 [b]    27 Depts          63 Depts                15 Depts

2005 [b]    36 Depts          50 Depts                13 Depts

2006 [a]    34 Depts          49 Depts                26 Depts

Forty departments had a lower disability representation in 2006 than they did in 2005. Thirty-seven departments had a higher disability representation in 2006 than they did in 2005.

11]       Upward Mobility Appointments

Fiscal Year        Total Upw Mob Appts       Disability UMAs and %

2003-04 [b1]            1127                      81 and 1.5%

2004-05 [b]             3006                    242 and 4.23%

2005-06 [a]             2465                    218 and 3.55%                     

Notes:

[a] Annual Census of Employees In The State Civil Service: 2005-06, SPB [12-2006];

[b] Annual Census of Employees In The State Civil Service: 2004-05, SPB [11-2005];

[b1] Annual Census of Employees In The State Civil Service: 2002-04, SPB [11-2004];

[c] Report 5102: Profile...by Ethnic, Sex and Disability, SPB [10/23/07];

[d] SPB Report No. 5 [Disability Parity], 3/31/07;

[e] Summary of LEAP Appointments - FY 2006-07 Thru 02-2007, SPB [3-06-07];

[f] Quarterly Report to the Legislature: Status of Adverse Actions Thru 3/31/01, SPB];

[g] Annual Report to the Legislature: Discrimination Complaint Activity in the State Service for Calendar Year 2004, SPB [8/2005];

[h] Departmental Score Card, FY2004-05, SPB;

[i] Report 5112: Intake and Promotions, SPB [10/23/07].                           

     For SPB data, go to www.spb.ca.gov                                                     1/09/08