Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - The equity gap by income has decreased from 15  to 14 percentage points for the four‑year rate but increased from 11 to 12 percentage points for the six‑year rate. The equity gap by first‑generation status has remained nearly unchanged at 17 percentage points for the four‑year rate and 14 percentage points for the six‑year rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - Under PLP 2025, Unit 10 members would continue to work the same number of hours, but their pay would be reduced by 3.5  percent. In exchange for the offset in pay, employees would receive six hours of leave each month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - As such, whatever is ratified under a Unit 6 agreement will create a precedent that likely will be used as a model for successor agreements with the other six bargaining units expected to come to the table this ye ar.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - However, the Legislature now knows that a six-hour duty week reduction requires a substantial, new, and ongoing General Fund commitment of nearly $1  billion annually (by 2028-29). The Legislature also knows that other relevant changes, such as the transition of seasonal firefighter positions to permanent ones, will increase General Fund costs in future fiscal years with projected multibillion-dollar deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Proposed Agreement Will Push Back Date When Benefit Is Fully Funded for Unit 16. The Unit 16 retiree health benefit is on track to being fully funded by 2042. This is six years earlier than other bargaining units and four years earlier than the 2046 date when the Legislature will be able to use the assets in the trust to pay for benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

Proposed Changes to Veterans Home in Yountville

Mar 6, 2018 - As shown in Figure  1, the services provided at the homes range from independent living-style domiciliary care to intensive skilled nursing services and memory care for residents with dementia and/or mental impairment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3771

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings [Publication Details]

Jul 11, 2025 - To effectuate those savings, the budget package provided legislative ratification of any agreement that achieved budgetary savings and was entered into before the start of the 2025-26 fiscal year. In total, the administration and 19 of the state’s bargaining units were able to enter into agreements by midnight on June 30, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5063

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - To effectuate those savings, the budget package provided legislative ratification of any agreement that achieved budgetary savings and was entered into before the start of the 2025-26 fiscal year. In total, the administration and 19 of the state’s bargaining units were able to enter into agreements by midnight on June 30, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - This means that, over the course of fiscal year 2022-23, Unit 8 members would receive a 3.5  percent salary increase (2.5  percent for the first six months and a compounded 4.6  percent for the second six months of the year).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025 [Publication Details]

Dec 10, 2025 - This report focuses on the California State University’s (CSU’s) Graduation Initiative 2025 (GI 2025). This initiative aimed to increase graduation rates and close gaps in graduation rates among particular student groups by 2025. In the report, we provide background on GI 2025, then discuss associated funding and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5099