Parks: regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts: employee relations.

(1) Existing law authorizes the creation of a regional park district, a regional park and open-space district, or a regional open-space district in specified ways and provides that the district may exercise any powers granted to it under law. Existing law provides that a general manager of a district has certain administrative and executive functions, powers, and duties, including appointing subordinates, clerks, and other employees, and exercising supervision and control over all departments and offices of the district. Existing law requires that the appointees hold employment at the pleasure of the general manager. This bill would provide that the general manager has the power to appoint and remove appointees, as provided. The bill would delete the requirement that the appointees hold employment at the pleasure of the general manager. (2) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act provides for the representation of local public employees by employee organizations and for the execution of memoranda of understanding between those organizations and local public agencies. This bill would provide that the act is applicable to a regional park district, a regional park and open-space district, and a regional open-space district. The bill would authorize a board of directors of a district to adopt ordinances that, among other things, establish an employee relations system that may include a civil service system or a merit system.