The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees - Health Benefits for Retired State Employees: Recommendations [Video]

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The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees - Health Benefits for Retired State Employees: Background [Video]

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Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Beginning in 2015, however, the number of incoming claims began to vastly outnumber the state ’s processing capacity, with the state processing only one ‑fifth of incoming claims each year. The case inventory grew from 7,000 in 2015 ‑16 to 22,000 in 2023 ‑24, while more recent trends suggests the case inventory now sits around 25,000 claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The funding is to be the first of three augmentations, with the intent to provide a total of 30,000 additional slots to serve all low ‑income four ‑year olds by 2021 ‑22. These slots would be on top of the almost 9,000 full ‑day slots the state added over the past three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Lower ‑Income Households and Communities Are Particularly Vulnerable. In  general, low ‑income households and communities are expected to bear a disproportionate burden because they have fewer resources for adapting to various climate impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

COVID-19: Unemployment Insurance for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020 - In December, 2020, H.R. 133 re-instituted the weekly $300 added benefit for January 1, 2021 to March  14, 2021. On March  11, 2021, H.R. 1319 extended the weekly $300 added benefit through September 6, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - In 2018, the Legislature approved and the Governor signed Chapter  174 ( AB 2550 , Weber), adding Section 2644 of the Penal Code. This law seeks to protect females in prison from sexual assault, abuse, and other improper contact with male correctional officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - Background Substantial Job Losses Among Low-Income Workers. The pandemic has led to devastating job losses, which have been concentrated among California ’s low-wage workers. As of March  2021, more than 80  percent of unemployed workers live in households with below-average annual income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435