Retiree Health Care: A Growing Cost For Government [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2006 - The costs of providing health care to retired state employees and their dependents—now approaching $1 billion per year—are increasing significantly. Many other public employers (including the University of California, school districts, cities, and counties) face similar pressures. This report discusses health benefits provided to retired public employees, focusing on state retirees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1382

Collective Bargaining [Publication Details]

Dec 8, 1983 - A statement to the Assembly Committee on Public Employees and Retirement and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization and Public Employment and Retirement on the bargaining process in other states and assessing the role of the California Legislature in the collective bargaining process covering state employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3420

Managing California’s Insolvency: The Impact of Federal Proposals on Unemployment Insurance - Managing California’s Insolvency: The Impact of Federal Proposals on Unemployment Insurance [Video]

Many states sought loans from the federal government. As of June 2011, California ’s outstanding federal loan totaled over $10 billion. Three federal proposals have recently been introduced to address the insolvency issue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=73

Creating A New Retirement Benefits Plan for Judges [Publication Details]

Feb 8, 1994 - We recommend that the Legislature enact legislation to establish a new, actuarially sound, retirement program for judges taking office in the future in order to reduce long-run state costs for judges' retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/230

Reject Plan to Guarantee Teacher Benefit [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - We recommend that the Legislature reject the administration’s proposed trailer bill language to (1) guarantee teachers’ purchasing power benefits through California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and (2) reduce General Fund costs by $75 million in 2007-08.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1573

Implementation of the Early Retirement Program as Authorized by SB 307 Chapter 680/1982 [Publication Details]

Apr 2, 1984 - The purpose of the legislation was to provide State management with a mechanism to reduce the impact of or to avoid the necessity for personnel reductions by making early retirement available to eligible employees (it should be noted that the program was not intended to be an employee benefit program).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3113

Employee Compensation in 2007-08: Prison Pay Surges [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - The Governor’s budget would increase state employee compensation costs by an estimated $1.2 billion in 2007-08. Item 9800 includes $972 million ($468 million General Fund) of this amount. The remainder is included in departmental budgets--principally the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1574

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) [Publication Details]

Jun 2, 2006 - We provide a fiscal analysis of the proposed MOU with Bargaining Unit 8, Firefighters. We believe that the Department of Personnel Administratrtion's (DPA) estimates of additional costs resulting from the MOU are too low. We estimate that net costs for the state will likely increase by at least $13 million in 2006-07 and $12 million in 2007-08 ($6 million more than indicated by DPA in each year).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1493

An Analysis of Findings From the San Diego Job Search and Work Experience Demonstration Program [Publication Details]

May 1, 1985 - The San Diego Job Search and Work Experience Demonstration program was established in 1982 for the purpose of determining the impact that specific employment services have on applicants for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/471