California's Unemployment Insurance Program: Gaining Insight Through Comparison to Other States [Publication Details]

Oct 13, 2011 - As a result, by 2010 the UI funds in 32 states were insolvent, forcing those states to obtain loans from the federal government to continue payment of UI benefits. In this report, we conduct a comparative analysis of the UI programs in all 50 states and Washington D.C. to provide context for the Legislature in considering potential solutions to California's UI insolvency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2526

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - While the receiver characterized a 20  percent vacancy rate as “huge ” in 2006, the Unit 16 vacancy rate (as of August 31, 2023) is about 32  percent. This is substantially higher than the statewide average vacancy rate that currently is about 20  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801

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

Jun 27, 2025 - The Unit 12 lead in total compensation ranged from 3  percent above market in the case of highway maintenance workers to 32  percent above market in the case of stockers and order fillers. Wages Less Competitive Among Local Governments and Certain Regions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - (The 32 percent of state engineers not included in the compensation study include engineering jobs such as mechanical engineers and architects.) The compensation study found that state civil (representing 52 percent of the bargaining unit) and environmental (representing 11 percent of the bargaining unit) engineers are compensated above market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

Labor Agreements: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, AND 21

Jun 25, 2020 - The proposed agreement would reduce the number of classroom training hours by 32 hours —from 48 hours to 8 hours. The 32 hours of training would become nonclassroom, on-the-job, or online training. The administration indicates that this will result in nearly $60  million in savings because the administration will not need to backfill officers who are attending classroom training with other officers who receive overtime payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4257

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - One such program is the DRE certification that requires the completion of a 72-hour classroom course and 32-hour field certification course. The administration ’s fiscal estimates indicate that 550 rank-and-file and 30 excluded employees have a DRE certification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - In addition, the administration estimates that extending the provisions of the proposed agreement to managers and supervisors would increase state costs in 2018-19 by $32  million ($2  million from the General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - This means that the average retiring correctional officer was hired at the age of 32 years. In the early and mid-2000s, the state hired a large number of new correctional officers. This created a cohort of correctional officers of a similar age.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Sep 9, 2020 - The new agreement reduces the number of classroom training hours by 32 hours —from 48 hours to 8 hours. The 32 hours of training is intended to become nonclassroom, on-the-job, or online training. The administration indicates that this will result in nearly $60  million in savings because the administration will not need to backfill officers who are attending classroom training with other officers who receive overtime payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4267

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