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

Jul 14, 2025 - Between 2000-01 and 2024-25, the state ’s inflation-adjusted General Fund pay-as-you-go cost towards these benefits increased by more than 250  percent to $2.8  billion. 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 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Jun 27, 2025 - Between 2000-01 and 2024-25, the state ’s inflation-adjusted General Fund pay-as-you-go cost towards these benefits increased by more than 250  percent to $2.8  billion. 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/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Between 2000-01 and 2024-25, the state ’s inflation-adjusted General Fund pay-as-you-go cost towards these benefits increased by more than 250  percent to $2.8  billion. 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/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Between 2000-01 and 2024-25, the state ’s inflation-adjusted General Fund pay-as-you-go cost towards these benefits increased by more than 250  percent to $2.8  billion. 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/5058

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 19, 2023 - The budget reverts $17.5  million of unexpended funds originally appropriated for the Downtown Rebound Program in the 2000-01 budget package. The funds were originally provided for adaptive reuse of commercial and industrial structures. $600  Million in New Discretionary Spending and Tax Credits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4808

Parental or legal guardian notification if student requests gender-related accommodations. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - The statewide costs would likely not exceed several millions of dollars initially (roughly .01  percent of state funding for schools) and would be absorbable within existing state funding schools receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-018

Use of school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and student participation in athletic programs and activities based on their gender identity. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - These costs could initially total a few million dollars statewide across schools, colleges, and universities (less than .01  percent of their annual state funding). Unknown, but Likely Minor, Costs Associated With Title IX Complaint and Investigation Workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-019

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - These programs have not yet allocated any funding. b Amounts reflect estimates by CARB except for Small School District and County Office of Education Bus Replacement Program. c Various iterations of this program have been managed by CARB, local air districts, and SJVAPCD. d CALSTART is a national nonprofit organization focused on clean transportation. e Program funds fully allocated and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

The 2020-21 Budget: Taxation of E-Cigarettes

Feb 24, 2020 - The federal government currently taxes cigarettes at $1. 01 p er pack but does not levy a tax on e ‑cigarettes. If the Legislature would like to set the e ‑cigarette tax rate based on a comparison to the cigarette tax rate, the comparison should include federal taxes, since they also affect consumers ’ behavior.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4171

How High? Adjusting California’s Cannabis Taxes

Dec 17, 2019 - Miller, Keaton and Boyoung Seo (2019). “Tax Revenues When Substances Substitute: Marijuana, Alcohol, and Tobacco. ” Mimeo, University of Oregon. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4125