The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - Governor ’s Strike Team Investigates Backlog and Issues Recommendations. In July 2020, the Governor announced the formation of a “strike team ” to immediately investigate the claims backlog and to make improvements at EDD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

May 30, 2018 - For example, cell phones allow transportation teams to communicate with institutional staff while radios allow them to communicate with other law enforcement. According to the administration, smart phones provide mapping services and other information storage functions that are useful to transportation teams.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3847

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - In 2015, California ’s Climate Action Team —a coordinated team comprised of the state ’s environmental protection, agricultural, transportation, housing, and utility agencies —released a comprehensive research plan to coordinate and direct state agency climate change research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - Under state law, PAGA allows employees to sue their employers to collect a share of penalties associated with labor l aw violations. Penalties and settlement awards from PAGA lawsuits are distributed 75  percent to the LWDF and 25  percent to the plaintiffs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under federal l aw, state and local government employers may continue to exclude some employees from Social Security coverage, but only if those employees are enrolled in a retirement plan that meets federal regulations requiring at least a specified level of benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s CalPERS Borrowing Proposal

May 16, 2017 - For much of the late 1990s and 2000s, the yield averaged around 6  percent, although it fell after the dot-com bust and ensuing recession in the early 2000s. After the rate fell in 2008, it has remained near zero as inflation and U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3673