City of Sacramento v. State of California

*57Opinion

EAGLESON, J.

In response to changes in federal law, chapter 2 of the Statutes of 1978 (hereafter chapter 2/78) extended mandatory coverage under the state’s unemployment insurance law to include state and local governments and nonprofit corporations. Here we consider whether, in chapter 2/78, the state “mandate[d] a new program or higher level of service” on the local agencies, and must therefore reimburse local compliance costs under article XIII B of the California Constitution and related statutes.

We conclude that the state is not required to reimburse the chapter 2/78 expenses of…