3555.1.
(a) The Legislature also finds and declares that the ability of an exclusive representative to communicate with public employees that it represents includes communicating through email and other communication devices or methods made available to public employees by the employer in which the employer also communicates with employees. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that recognized exclusive representatives of California’s public employees be provided meaningful email access to their represented members unless expressly prohibited by law.(b) A public employer shall ensure recognized exclusive representatives have safe or trusted email sender access, and are prohibited from using digital or electronic blocks, filters, or other automated systems that interfere with or prevent communications, as described in subdivision (a), including, but not limited to, using filters, blocks, or by placing the exclusive representatives on a restricted or denied access list, or electronically labeling or categorizing the communications as “spam,” “junk,” “suspicious,” or another label or category that may have the same effect.