Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - The rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with these 19 bargaining units represent more than 95  percent of the state workforce. Section 19829.5 of the Government Code establishes our ten-day review of proposed MOUs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization [Publication Details]

Feb 25, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4987

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - As we understand it, BCSH would become two agencies: the Consumer Protection Agency and the Housing and Homelessness Agency. Each agency would be led by a Secretary, who would be a member of the Governor ’s cabinet.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - As of March  2025, rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with Unit 9 totaled more than 17,600 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, accounting for about 7  percent of the state ’s total workforce (about 256,000 FTE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - When proposing new projects, the administration generally follows the ranked project priority list identified in the judicial branch ’s 2019 assessment of facility needs. Since 2021 ‑22, the construction or renovation of about a dozen of the highest ranked immediate need projects have commenced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Jun 27, 2025 - As of March  2025, rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with Unit 12 totaled more than 15,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, accounting for about 6  percent of the state ’s total workforce (about 256,000 FTE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Chancellor ’s Office Then Ranks Projects Within Each Category. Districts typically submit more modernization and growth project proposals than available state bond funding can support. Each year, the Chancellor ’s Office uses certain scoring metrics to rank projects within these two categories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Collective bargaining between the Governor and the state ’s rank-and-file employees (organized into 21 bargaining units) is governed by the Ralph C. Dills Act (Dills Act). The product of negotiations at the bargaining table is a labor agreement referred to as a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

2014 GDP: California Ranks 7th or 8th in the World [EconTax Blog]

Jul 1, 2015 - The figure below shows how California ranks based on estimates from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank , and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook publication. This exercise essentially treats California as if it were a separate nation-state.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/90

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Unit 6 rank-and-file and affiliated excluded employees account for 29  percent of the state ’s General Fund salary and salary-driven benefit costs. Furloughs Long History of Using Furloughs to Address State Budget Problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058