MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers)

Aug 26, 2019 - In fact, the department includes its challenges in finding staff to maintain buildings —particularly in high cost of living regions of the state —as one of the reasons it is proposing to divest the state from a number of office buildings—particularly in high cost of living regions of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4090

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 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/5061

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Low ‑income residents also are more likely to live in older housing that requires modifications —such as air conditioning or more fire ‑resistant exteriors —to adapt to increased risks. Notably, low ‑income residents also are more likely to live in rental housing, and thus more likely to be reliant on landlords to conduct modifications to their homes to mitigate the effects of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 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/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - As a result, often, salaries are more competitive in regions with lower costs of living, whereas salaries in more expensive regions are less competitive. In contrast, Unit 5 receives salary increases based on labor market trends in counties with high costs of living despite roughly 70 percent of Unit 5 members working in counties that are not included in the survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Some of the key factors to consider when assessing retirement security include: the individual ’s expected lifespan, the age at which an individual retires. the standard of living the individual expects to live in retirement, the individual ’s savings level upon retirement, and any employer-sponsored pension or other income benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - For some jobs, the state employs people in the same occupation across the state and cost of living varies significantly by region. As a result, compensation for the same occupatio n can vary widely. In other cases, there are limited private (or other public) comparison employers, potentially limiting the value of the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

CalSTRS Funding: An Update

May 5, 2017 - To the extent that teachers live longer than was expected during their careers, contributions made by them and their employers —combined with investment returns on those contributions —will be insufficient to pay for their pension benefits for the portion of their lives that extend beyond their assumed life expectancy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3662

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - As of March  2021, more than 80  percent of unemployed workers live in households with below-average annual income. Unprecedented Federal Relief Has Mitigated Pandemic ’s Impacts. As illustrated in the Figure  1 below, federal relief programs have provided over $150  billion of temporary assistance to Californians during the pandemic, including: Unemployment Insurance (UI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Over the past several years, the Legislature has focused on certain financial aid goals, including: ( 1)  i ncreasing living assistance (especially for students enrolled full time); ( 2)  e xpanding the number of Cal Grant competitive awards, as demand currently greatly exceeds supply; and ( 3)  s implifying the state ’s financial aid system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916