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

Jan 13, 2020 - BSA Reaches Maximum Threshold in 2021 ‑22. Under Proposition  2, the state must make deposits into the BSA until its balance reaches a threshold of 10  p ercent of General Fund taxes. Under the administration ’s estimates, the state reaches this threshold in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: State’s Future Responsibility for CalSTRS Uncertain

Feb 2, 2016 - Accordingly, in these scenarios the state ’s funding plan contribution drops to zero through the mid-2040s. (The state would continue to make other contributions to CalSTRS that are not determined by the funding plan ’s central calculation.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3336

COVID-19: Unemployment Insurance for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020 - In December, 2020, H.R. 133 re-instituted the weekly $300 added benefit for January 1, 2021 to March  14, 2021. On March  11, 2021, H.R. 1319 extended the weekly $300 added benefit through September 6, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Note: Excludes spending on  K ‑14  education, reserves, and debt (required by the California Constitution), and added costs to maintain existing policies. Figure also excludes some smaller spending proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

The 2020-21 Budget: Improving the State's Unpaid Wage Claim Process

Feb 19, 2020 - However, in 2017, about 60  percent of workers who received an award ultimately recovered zero wages, despite being awarded about $60  million in unpaid wages. (This is because employers did not pay the amount awarded.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4165

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

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - The Legislature can choose to set the SFEU balance at any level above zero and so our Fiscal Outlook did not assume a specific balance. (Recent budgets have enacted SFEU balances around $2  billion to $4  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - While there currently is one authorized position in this classification, the administration’s fiscal estimates indicate that the administration proposes adding 10.5 additional positions in the classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - State law allows employers to adopt a leave cap whereby employees do not accrue new vacation leave once their leave balance has reached the cap. 640-Hour Cap. The state caps the amount of vacation or annual leave that most state workers —including Unit 9 —may accumulate at 640 hours (80 days).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061