▁their ▁counter parts ▁in ▁California ' s ▁large ▁local ▁public ▁ag encies . ▁ ▁State ▁budget ▁def ic its , ▁f url ough s , ▁and ▁waste ful ▁out s our cing ▁are ▁among ▁the ▁many ▁challeng es ▁facing ▁P E CG ▁and ▁the ▁members . ▁ ▁P E CG ▁represents ▁members ▁with ▁gr iev ances , ▁arbitr ations , ▁and ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁other ▁claims ▁and ▁appe als . ▁Le aders ▁elected ▁by ▁P E CG ' s ▁ 1 3 , 0 0 0 ▁members ▁establish ▁P E CG ' s ▁policies . ▁P E CG ▁is ▁a ▁volunte er ▁organization ▁assist ed ▁by ▁professional ▁negoti ators , ▁consult ants , ▁att or ne ys , ▁and ▁Sac r amento ▁lo bb y ists ▁and ▁is ▁not ▁affili ated ▁with ▁any ▁organization ▁or ▁union . ▁ ▁P E CG ▁maintain s ▁offices ▁in ▁Sac r amento , ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁and ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁( G l end ale ) ▁to ▁service ▁members ▁in ▁ 1 7 ▁ge ographical ▁Se ctions . ▁P E CG ▁offers ▁members ▁life , ▁dis ability , ▁and ▁other ▁ins urance ▁benefits ▁at ▁group ▁rates . ▁ ▁Document aries ▁▁ ▁P E CG ▁has ▁spons ored ▁and ▁produced ▁several ▁Em my ▁Award - win ning ▁document aries ▁that ▁have ▁been ▁seen ▁by ▁millions ▁of ▁view ers ▁around ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁The ▁Next ▁Front ier : ▁Engineering ▁the ▁Golden ▁Age ▁of ▁Green ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁renew able , ▁clean ▁energy ▁techn ologies ▁that ▁can ▁improve ▁our