MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The 2024-25 budget package included trailer bill legislation that requires CalFire to report on the wildfire resilience-related co-benefits achieved as a result of the change in the duty week. CalFire is not expected to begin reporting to the Legislature on the experience of reducing the duty week from 72 hours to 66 hours until spring 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - The ULP charge against CAPS for this action (Case SA-CO-526-0S) remains pending before PERB and has not yet been decided. Governor Presented —and Union Rejected —Last Best and Final Offer (LBFO) in December 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Specifically, whether a co mpensation study is prepared by CalHR or a third party, any decisions about design, methodology, preparation, conduct, and reporting of the study should (1)  be developed without consultation with bargaining unit representatives and, instead, be the product solely of the study preparer; (2)  result in compensation studies that are consistent across all
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Sep 12, 2019 - Accordingly, the study included co mparisons for attorneys in the Counties of Alameda, Los Angeles, Orange, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco, as well as the Cities of Anaheim, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, and Santa Ana.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4095

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - The language further directs UC to co ‑locate, coordinate, or integrate these workforce hubs with the proposed climate technology incubators described earlier. The budget bill language does not contain any further details about the initiative, and the administration has not proposed associated trailer bill language.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

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

Oct 17, 2019 - In addition to lengthening the duration of leave, the spending plan also reduces the reserve requirement for the Disability Fund, which co llects payroll taxes and pays disability and paid family leave benefits, from 45  percent of disbursements to 30  percent of disbursements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - However, under the 2017 IHSS MOE, county costs are adjusted by an annual growth factor and any county co sts associated with new locally established wage and benefit increases. To the extent that the MOE growth rate is higher (or lower) than the actual growth in IHSS costs, counties will be responsible for a higher (or lower) share of total IHSS costs relative to the historical county share of cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913