The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test

Feb 11, 2020 - Analysis Predicting AB  5 Workload Difficult at This Early Stage . . . As we noted earlier, at this time we cannot predict how many contractors will be reclassified and hired as employees due to AB  5.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21

Jan 10, 2017 - This bonus is subject to Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes but does not affect state costs towards employee pension benefits. For the average SEIU Local 1000 member, this bonus constitutes about 4  percent of pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - If approved by the voters, the proposition would eliminate the increased fuel and transportation vehicle taxes enacted by SB  1 —meaning the state would have $5  billion less money to spend for transportation in 2020-21 than currently assumed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Since June 30, 2025, the administration signed tentative agreements with Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists). The Unit 16 agreement is a proposed successor MOU to the expired Unit 16 MOU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 6, 2019 - The proposed agreement adjusts the amount of money the state pays towards these benefits each year for the duration of the agreement. For the term of the agreement, the state ’s contribution would be adjusted so that the state pays up to 80  percent of an average of CalPERS premium costs and up to 80  percent of average CalPERS premium costs for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4094

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2010-11, the state made changes to pension formulas for future hires and increased contribution rates for existing employees. For example, see the 2010 agreement with Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 (Local 10000), which increased employee contributions from 5 percent of pay to 8 percent of pay and reduced pension benefits for future hires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

The 2020-21 Budget: Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Sep 9, 2020 - As a result, by not setting aside any money to prefund Unit 5 retiree health benefit, the unfunded liability for Unit 5 will grow more than other bargaining unit until prefunding is restored. Unit 6 (Corrections) Budgetary Savings Achieved Through Side Letter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4267

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Donovan Correctional Facility received payments of up to $10,000 over the course of the two years of the agreement —up to $5,000 in July 2024 and up to $5,000 in July 2025 depending on tenure. The proposed agreement similarly would provide eligible employees at the same institutions up to $10,000 over the first two fiscal years
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (California Highway Patrol) [Publication Details]

Aug 18, 2006 - By 2010-11, annual state costs could be $100 million higher than suggested in the administration estimate. In addition, various factors including pay and benefits for CHP and funding demands in the Department of Motor Vehicles are likely to put stress on the financial condition of the state Motor Vehicle Account, which funds Unit 5 personnel costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1510

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Other Issues)

Jun 19, 2015 - Some of these augmentations include (1)  $90.1  million for trial court operations (reflects a second 5  percent General Fund increase initially approved as part of the 2014‑15 budget), (2)  $38.8  million for increased trial court health benefit and retirement costs, (3)  $35.3  million to backfill an expected decline in fine and fee revenue that support trial court operations, and (4)  $11  million to reduce dependency counsel caseload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3278