The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - If selected as a pilot participant, the state would have the opportunity to demonstrate whether alternative measurements might be more pertinent to measuring the success of state TANF programs. This could benefit California after the pilot ends if the federal government decides to change the TANF performance metrics for all states going forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

^[PDF] SEIU Local 1000

June 2013 is the last scheduled month of PLP.  Employee Pension Contributions. The existing MOUs increased active and future employees’ pension contribution rates by 3 percentage points. Most employees now contribute about 8 percent of their pay to cover a portion of pension expenses.  Top Step Pay Increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/MOU_Fiscal/MOU-Fiscal-Local-1000-062113.pdf

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - From an employment policy standpoint, the statewide measures described earlier suggest that the state ’s minimum wage is not particularly high. This is especially true in the Bay Area, where wages are substantially higher than other parts of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

Major Features of California's 2010-11 Budget

Reductions in Pension Benefits for Future State Employees. The budget package includes a measure to reduce pension benefits for newly hired state employees. (Labor agreements recently ratified by the Legislature also reduce pension benefits for future employees in several bargaining units, and these reductions remain in effect.)
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/bud/major_features/major_features_101210.aspx

^[PDF] 1958 Budget Analysis: Veterans Affairs

The formula. on which these charges are based varies from state to state. However, using Kansas as an example, the state deducts all of the pensions or compensations, social security or other income in excess of $30 which is allowed for the vet- eran's personal expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1958/22_veterans_1958.pdf

^[PDF] The 2020-21 Budget: Analyzing UC and CSU Cost Pressures

In making our calculations, we first assume the state maintains existing services, as adjusted for inflation. For the universities specifically, we assume the state covers salary, pension, health benefits, and debt service cost increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2019/4127/UC-CSU-cost-pressures-121719.pdf

LAO Other Government Areas

Defined contribution plans address concerns with defined benefit pensions, but also introduce issues of their own. The Legislature could also address the benefits and cost concerns of current retirement plans within the existing defined benefit structure or with other pension plan alternatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=5&category=15&year=0&page=12

Overview of State Bond Debt Service [EconTax Blog]

Feb 27, 2024 - Overview of State Bond Debt Service [EconTax Blog] Overview of State Bond Debt Service February 27, 2024 In this post, we summarize state bonds, the state ’s current debt levels, and its annual debt service payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/798

The 2013-14 Budget: Analysis of the Higher Education Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2013 - We recommend the Legislature take a different approach and allocate any new funding first for the state’s highest existing education priorities, including debt service, pension costs, and paying down community college deferrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2686

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation [Publication Details]

Mar 21, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation [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/4888