The 2023-24 Budget: County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate

May 2, 2023 - State Redistricting Process. The elective offices subject to the state ’s redistricting process include members of the state ’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate, State Assembly, and the State Board of Equalization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

LAO Publications

Other Public Employee Pensions: An Interview With LAO's Jason Sisney Format: August 8, 2011 - LAO State Finance Director Jason Sisney appears on the news interview program The Maddy Report, where he is questioned about public employee pensions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=149&year=0&productid=0&categoryid=0

^[PDF] The 2014-15 Budget: Overview of the May Revision

In addition, the revision includes increased estimates for caseload costs in health and human services programs, as well as increased costs for state employee pensions. The preeminent new proposal in the May Revision is a plan to fully fund California’s teachers’ pension system in about 30 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/may-revision/overview-may-revision-051614.pdf

The 2025-26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight

Feb 24, 2025 - Similarly, state-federal partnerships, like Medi-Cal, the state ’s Medicaid program, require the state provide a minimum level of funding for large portions of the program. Where the state has implemented expansions of state-federal partnerships, however, there typically is greater fiscal flexibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4983

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

These supplemental payments are intended to maintain pensions at no less than 75 percent of their original purchasing power. The following chart displays the major features of the PERS retirement plans for state employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgsgov2.html

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Additionally, counties may establish IHSS hourly wages above the state minimum wage through local wage ordinances or, more commonly, collectively bargained agreements. The state, federal government, and coun ties share the cost of IHSS wages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - To claim Title IV-E federal funding for these services (the selection of which is detailed in the state ’s five-year Title IV-E prevention plan), the state must meet federal requirements around tracking per-child prevention spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - We understand participating states could be removed from the pilot for failing to meet the benchmarks identified in year one. Removed states would again be subject to the same WPR requirements and potential penalties as non-pilot states going forward .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

^[PDF] Overview of May Revision K-12 and Early Eduction Proposals

Overview of May Revision K-12 and Early Eduction Proposals Proposition 98 Funds X Pension Relief Reduces School District Costs „ Includes $2.3 billion to reduce school and community college employer pension contribution rates in 2020-21 and 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2020/Overview-of-May-Revision-K-12-and-Early-Education-Proposals-051820.pdf

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - This should reduce annual state pension costs. To make this payment, the budget uses a loan from the state ’s cash balances in the Pooled Money Investment Account (PMIA), which is essentially the state ’s checking account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/1