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

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians)

Jan 9, 2020 - A position paper issued by the American Nurses Association indicates that, although the Institute of Medicine recommends that nurses not exceed 12 hours of work in a 24-hour period and 60 total hours of work within seven days, research suggests that working more than 40 h ours a week can adversely affect patient safety and the health of nurses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4134

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - While employees hired before 2013 generally pay half of normal cost for their benefit, employees hired after 2013 pay more than h alf of the normal cost for their benefit. The provision of the proposed agreement would apply the same increase in contribution to employees regardless of their date of hire.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Most significantly, the Governor proposes to: ( 1)  t o establish a uniform statewide schedule of prices at which drugs would have to be sold and ( 2)  h ave the state contract with drug manufacturers to create its own brand of generic drugs that would be available for purchase statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135