MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - When CalHR did release a compensation study of Unit 6 compensation in 2023 (referred to as the 2022 compensation study because it relies on data from 2022), we were highly critical of the methodology adopted for the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) [Publication Details]

Jun 23, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5058

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 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety)

Aug 8, 2019 - The agreement would provide 58 classifications Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs). In total, as shown in Figure  2, about 80  percent of the bargaining unit would receive SSAs in addition to the GSIs described above.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4085

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Sep 1, 2023 - Due to one-time costs associated with provisions of the agreement, 2025 ‑26 would be the highest cost year resulting from the agreement, increasing costs in that year by $152  million ($58  million from the General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Unit 6 members hired before 2013 earn a pension benefit based on what is referred to as the 3 percent at 50 formula whereby an employee earns 3 percent of their final compensation for every year of service if they retire at the age of 50 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Specifically, (1)  effective July 1, 2022, all Unit 9 members would receive a 2.5  percent GSI; (2)  effective July 1, 2023, all Unit 9 members would receive a 3  percent GSI; and (3)  effective July 1, 2024 all Unit 9 members would receive a 2  percent GSI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - This would be the highest pay increase in 2022-23 provided to a bargaining unit since the Unit 6 reopener was approved. Because the second GSI is payable in 2023, it provides a larger pay increase in 2022-23 than received by Unit 6 likely without triggering the Unit 6 reopener.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Since January 1, 2022, Unit 16 employees who have an approved telework agreement on file with their department are eligible to receive $50 per month if they are identified as a remote centered employee or $25 per month if they are identified as an office centered employee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2021-22 Budget: Labor Agreements Ending Personal Leave Program 2020

Jun 25, 2021 - In total, after accounting for compounding of the deferred GSI, the agreement would give employees a 5.58  percent GSI in 2021 ‑22. 2022 ‑23 GSI. Effective July 1, 2022, the agreement would provide Unit 6 members a 2.5  percent GSI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446