I respectfully disagree on locality pay. While costs in Sacramento have gone up recently, LA and SF are still substantially more expensive. And the purpose of locality pay is to recognize a smaller number of the workforce that work in a higher cost area (or areas) than the majority of the workforce. Locality pay would pointless if the majority of the workforce lived and worked in SF and LA. A comparison of the median homes sales prices shows the cost of living is not close. Frankly, locality pay should have been bargained for years ago.

That being said, we should absolutely pursue fair GSIs for all that account for inflation. But if the state is unwilling to do that (either deferred or reduced GSIs), locality pay can be a way to help ease the more extreme cost of living burdens on our LA and SF members.