City of Santa Ana Full-Time Contract Ratification Jan 2026

Our bargaining team was able to deliver on a strong short-term tentative agreement (TA) that will help us alleviate some of the healthcare increases. Now, it’s time to vote on the agreement.

Our bargaining team strongly recommends a YES vote on this agreement.

>>Download the Tentative Agreement

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT SUMMARY

  1. Term: July 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025. Six (6) months.
  2. Base Salary: Effective the pay period after July 1, 2025 (RETRO), employees in the unit shall receive a five percent (5%) base salary increase.
  3. Health Insurance: Effective January 1, 2026 (RETRO), the flex contribution increases $150/month as follows:
    1. Employee only: $1,154
    2. Employee + 1: $1,807
    3. Employee + Family: $2,200
  4. Classification and Compensation Study presented to Union by January 31, 2026
    1. Negotiations for a successor MOU begins once the City presents the results of the classification and compensation study. Terms of the new MOU would begin January 1, 2026.
  5. Safety Shoes/Boots: Increase allowance to $350 (formerly $300)
  6. Redefining emergencies to apply to all City employees (formerly those on 9/80)
  7. Language reinforcing meal and rest breaks for those performing field inspections
  8. If a schedule change is expected to go longer than 6 months, employees receive at least 21 calendar days of advance notice
  9. Clarification of process to protect pre-tax treatment for conversion of excess vacation accrual into RHS/457 accounts
  10. Adding “designated person” to list of eligible family members for sick leave
  11. Clarifying an employee may use accrued leave for the two additional days of bereavement leave
  12. Clarify Catastrophic leave made in a minimum of 2-hour increments
  13. New paid parental leave for 8 weeks for those employees with more than a year of full-time employment.
  14. Other clean up items (i.e. old effective dates, agency name changes, etc.)