The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2022-23, the state contributed about $2  billion (all funds) towards employee health premiums. Dental and Vision Insurance. The state pays the full premium cost for basic dental and vision benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - When CalHR did release a compensation study of Unit 6 compensation in 2023 (referred to as the 2022 compensation study because it relies on data from 2022), we were highly critical of the methodology adopted for the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - Since January 1, 2022, Unit 16 employees who have an approved telework agreement on file with their department are eligible to receive $50 per month if they are identified as a remote centered employee or $25 per month if they are identified as an office centered employee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The Legislature did not know the full fiscal effect of a 66-hour duty week in August 2022. However, the Legislature now knows that a six-hour duty week reduction requires a substantial, new, and ongoing General Fund commitment of nearly $1  billion annually (by 2028-29).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - In 2022, Unit  6 members earned $547.8  million in overtime payments and $2.2  billion in gross regular pay. This means that overtime payments in 2022 were equivalent to roughly 24  percent of gross regular pay for Unit  6 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis August 26, 2022 Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis On August 25, 2022, our office received a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Parties Reached Agreement to Successor MOU in December 2022, but Union Membership Rejected Agreement and Relations Deteriorated. On December 22, 2022, our office received a proposed MOU between the state and Unit 10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 August 12, 2022 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians) On August 1, 2022, our office received a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis August 25, 2022 Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis On August 22, 2022, our office received a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers)

Jun 24, 2022 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers) June 24, 2022 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers) On June 17, 2022, the administration submitted to the Legislature a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4607