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

Jan 14, 2019 - The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act sought to reduce the number of people without health insurance coverage in part by imposing a financial penalty on those without health insurance (known as the “individual mandate ”).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Pensions

Oct 12, 2020 - Pension Payments on Behalf of School and Community College Districts 2019 ‑20 Budget Act Gave Districts Short- and Long-Term Relief. The 2019 ‑20 Budget Act included $850  million in supplanting payments to help school and community college districts pay their required contributions to CalSTRS and the CalPERS School Pool in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4279

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We raised concerns in 2019 that CalHR withheld (and continues to withhold) a compensation study it completed in 2018 (see our June 2019 analysis ) and proceeded to not produce compensation studies in 2019, 2020, or 2021 despite new agreements being submitted to the Legislature in those years (see our June 2021 analysis ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - The 2020 ‑21 budget package includes two labor items related to Chapter  296 of 2019 (AB  5, Gonzalez), a new law that limits what types of work businesses can hire independent contractors to perform.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - Dills Act (Dills Act), two things occur if the Legislature does not fully fund the economic provisions of an MOU: (1)  the unfunded provision does not go into effect and (2)  either party —the administration or the bargaining unit —may reopen negotiations on all or a part of the MOU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - (The 2017 ‑18 Budget Act provided authority to finance the construction of the project, as well as an initial appropriation of $1.7  million from the Service Revolving Fund to fund acquisition.) Disposal of Developmental Center (DC) Properties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 26, 2019 - Dills Act (Dills Act), the provisions of an expired MOU generally continue to be in effect beyond the agreement ’s expiration. Although the Brown Administration bargained some changes (referred to as addenda) to the 2010 agreement —including a 2012 addendum extending the expiration of the agreement to 2018 —the bulk of the expired agreement was bargained by the Schwarzenegger Administration in 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4089

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

Mar 23, 2020 - On March  18, 2020 President Trump signed H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the first federal relief act aimed at mitigating the economic and public health consequences of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208

Collective Bargaining: Assessing Proposed Employee Compensation Increases

Mar 20, 2020 - Dills Act (Dills Act). The Governor is the state employer for purposes of bargaining although some rank-and-file employees work for another elected constitutional officer. At the bargaining table, the Governor is represented by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4206

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientists)

Aug 28, 2018 - In 2016, voters approved Proposition  54, which places restrictions on when the Legislature can act on legislation. Specifically, Proposition  54 requires that a typical bill —including amendments to that bill —be available to legislators and on the Internet for at least 72 hours before the Legislature may pass that bill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3881