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

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2022-23, the state contributed about $2  billion (all funds) towards employee health premiums. Dental and Vision Insurance. The state pays the full premium cost for basic dental and vision benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud The 2022‑23 Budget Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud Summary. The 2022 ‑23 Governor ’s Budget includes $29.8  million General Fund at the Employment Development Department (EDD) for six third ‑party contracts to prevent future fraud in the state ’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - Under the local wage supplement model, the cost of the first wage supplement is added to a county ’s IHSS MOE obligation, which is then adjusted annually by the MOE growth factor. However, the costs for subsequent local wage supplements are not added to a county ’s MOE obligation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - In 2018, the Legislature approved and the Governor signed Chapter  174 ( AB 2550 , Weber), adding Section 2644 of the Penal Code. This law seeks to protect females in prison from sexual assault, abuse, and other improper contact with male correctional officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Jun 25, 2021 - The 2019 MOU retained the sentence at the bottom of the provision stating that Section 15.19 is inoperable; however, it also added at sentence at the top of the provision: “The parties agree that this section shall remain dormant for the term of this MOU and that no Total Compensation Report will be created for the successor MOU.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Moreover, the 2021 ‑22 budget added many new one ‑time initiatives to further assist first ‑time entry and re ‑entry into the workforce. Though these initiatives were supported with one ‑time funding, the state will continue to implement and spend these funds in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis August 26, 2022 Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis On August 25, 2022, our office received a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621