The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

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The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - Once DPH accepts the application as complete, the department has up to 60 days to issue a final decision on a training program and up to 90 days to decide whether to issue a certificate to a new CNA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - With regard to possible regional differences, in most cases, the state does not provide state employees pay differentials for working in higher cost of living parts of the state. (In contrast, the federal civil service differentiates its pay ranges by region.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - For reasons we raised in our 2023 analysis , we found the 2022 compensation study to be flawed to the point that it was not helpful. Newest Compensation Study Not Helpful. The Unit 6 study CalHR released in 2025 (based on 2024 data) suffers from the same methodological flaws that we identified with the 2022 study: the study omits overtime (a substantial component
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

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MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - The administration informs us that the pandemic forced training online, limiting hands-on opportunities. The administration indicates that some components of the training needs to be hands-on in order to be effective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Correctional Officer Academy Turns Away More Than 90  Percent of Qualified Applicants. The job of state correctional officer consistently is a sought-after job. Between 2013 ‑14 and 2022 ‑23, CDCR received 372,998 applications to the correctional officer academy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Specifically, the administration assumes that 60  percent of employees receive the reimbursement in 2024-25, 10  percent of employees receive the reimbursement in 2025-26, and 10  percent of employees receive the reimbursement in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

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