The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2022-23, the state paid $25.5 billion (all funds) towards employee salaries. Salary-Driven Benefits. A salary-driven benefit is a benefit whose value is, at least in part, dependent on an employee ’s salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - To the extent that the lower real average base pay in 2022 is a reflection of past GSIs not keeping pace with inflation, the tentative agreement ’s GSI in 2023 ‑24 would maintain wages, but would not catch up to prior price increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - The state ’s flat dollar contribution is specified in labor agreements and does not change after an agreement expires. The state ’s contribution for Unit 18 health benefits was last adjusted for 2022 premiums.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Given the magnitude of the state ’s budget problem, the benefits of deferring the June 2025 payroll outweigh the shortcomings of the accounting maneuver. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

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 - If the state ’s budget condition were to improve or degrade over the next three fiscal years, it would be difficult for the Legislature to deviate from the agreement. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud The 2022‑23 Budget Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud Summary. The 2022 ‑23 Governor ’s Budget includes $29.8  million General Fund at the Employment Development Department (EDD) for six third ‑party contracts to prevent future fraud in the state ’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Unit 6 Agreement May Be Influencing Administration ’s Position at Bargaining Table. The reopener clause in the Unit 6 MOU creates an incentive for the administration to provide GSIs of 2.5  percent (or lower) across bargaining units in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621