ZOA CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING RECENT AIRSPACE AND PROCEDURAL CHANGES THAT ADDED TO COMPLEXITY ISSUES.

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ZOA MGMNT CHANGED THE AIRSPACE; PROCS AND OPS OF SECTOR 32 AT ZOA. THIS CHANGED THE FUNDAMENTAL WAY AIR TFC IS WORKED AT SECTOR 32 BUT IT WAS DONE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE IMPACT ON THE SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY OF THE SECTOR OPS. ADDITIONALLY; THE CTLRS THAT WORK THIS AIRSPACE WERE BRIEFED PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE CHANGES BUT THE ACTUAL OPERATING PROCS FOR THIS AIRSPACE WERE RADICALLY CHANGED ON THE DAY OF IMPLEMENTATION (AUG/XA/06) WITHOUT PERSONALLY BRIEFING THE CTLRS THAT WORK THE AIRSPACE ABOUT THESE CHANGES (SEE ZOA OPS BULLETIN ZOA-530-006-85). ZOA MGMNT HAS CHANGED TIME-TESTED RTES AND PROCS AND REPLACED THEM WITH OVERLY RESTRICTIVE PROCS AND AN UNTESTED ROUTING STRUCTURE; WHICH HAS ALREADY CREATED AT LEAST ONE NATURAL CONFLICTION WITHIN ZOA (SEE ZOA OPS BULLETIN ZOA-530-006-008) AND UNNECESSARILY INCREASES THE COMPLEXITY OF A SECTOR THAT IS ALREADY AT MAX CAPACITY AND COMPLEXITY. THIS IS A RECURRING PROB THAT HAS SO FAR FAILED TO HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY ZOA MGMNT. THESE UNNECESSARILY RESTRICTIVE OPS HAVE ERODED THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SECTOR AND DEGRADED THE ABILITY OF ZOA AIR TFC CTLRS TO PROVIDE A SVC TO THE FLYING PUBLIC; MAKING THIS COMPLAINT THE VERY ESSENCE OF AN UNSATISFACTORY CONDITION.