MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - In the case of Unit  6, employees hired after 2013 earn a pension under the 2.5  percent at 57 formula. Under this formula, employees who work for 40 years and are older than 57 years may receive a pension that replaces 100  percent of their final compensation (defined as compensation over a 36-month period).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2016-17 Budget: Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)

Mar 1, 2016 - This means that PERB has relied on about 17 percent of its 57 authorized positions being vacant.  These vacancies appear to have been in the adjudication sections of PERB (that is, the parts of PERB outside of SMCS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3377

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - In calendar year 2024, data from the State Controller ’s Office indicate that rank-and-file Unit 8 salaries totaled $518  million and overtime payments to these employees totaled $294  million —57  percent of their base salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - CalHR indicates that the average administrative law judge is 12 years older (at 57 years old) and has three more years of service than the average state employee. This likely means that a substantial share of these employees is eligible or soon will be eligible to retire.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Jan 23, 2017 - …Making Proposed Pay Increases More Costly … As part of the Governor ’s 2017-18 budget proposal, the administration assumes that —due to the CalPERS discount rate assumption change and other factors —the state ’s contributions towards firefighter pensions will increase by more than 15  percent of pay by 2020-21 —to a total of about 57  percent of pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3534

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

Sep 9, 2020 - The administration estimates that the agreement will reduce state costs in 2020‑21 by $57 million ($53.5 million from the General Fund). Major Provisions of New MOU PLP 2020: 9.23  Percent Pay Reduction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4267

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

Jun 25, 2021 - This analysis reviews 20 labor agreements received by the Legislature between June 9 and June 15, 2021. The analysis summarizes and provides comments on the agreements. In addition, the analysis provides overarching comments across the 20 agreements and offers recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

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