MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

Early Data Revision Shows No Job Creation During 2024 Q4 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 24, 2025 - Newest Revision  Shows State Added No Jobs from September Through December 2024.   Based on the most recent release of the early benchmarks, shown in the figure below, the monthly business survey appears to have overestimated job growth by 100,000 jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/833

Early Data Revision Shows No Job Creation During 2024 Q4 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 24, 2025 - Newest Revision  Shows State Added No Jobs from September Through December 2024.   Based on the most recent release of the early benchmarks, shown in the figure below, the monthly business survey appears to have overestimated job growth by 100,000 jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/833

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Overall, current Unit 6 vacancy rates seem within the range of normal and do not signal extreme challenges in filling positions. Number of Unit 6 Members in Decline. State policy has changed in recent years to result in a decline in the state correctional population (including people in prison and people on parole) and the closure of state prison facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Added Time for Certain Theft or Property Damage Felonies. Chapter  174 of 2024 (S B  1416 , Newman), Chapter  220 of 2024 (A B  1960 , Rivas), and Proposition  36 all added similar language to state law, which allows for increased sentences for people convicted of felonies in which the amount of property that was stolen or damaged is over $50,000,  with longer enhancement terms as the dollar amounts increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - In effect, approving this proposal would signal the Legislature ’s support for the DCP —something the Legislature might not be prepared to do —because it would remove many of the obstacles to move forward on the project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - Moreover, if the Legislature does not use GGRF to help ad dress the state ’s budget problems, it will be faced with making even greater reductions to General Fund-supported programs or increasing revenues by a like amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 17, 2025 - Finally, although we have not previously recommended the Leg islature take decisive action to address the structural deficits, the state ’s persistent fiscal imbalance and the added downside risks —particularly from potential federal actions —suggest a need for a more proactive approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - Because the California Constitution does not require the state to reimburse local governments for costs to comply with federal law, disagreements have arisen over the years about whether all of the requirements in a given water quality permit are specifically required by federal law or whether they impose ad ditional requirements from the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039