Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Scientists suggest the combination of these factors could lead to a 50  percent increase in runoff in future years, challenging the capacity of the state ’s existing reservoirs, canals, levees, and other flood control systems, and increasing the risk of inland flooding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Governor ’s May Revision Proposal Control Section 3.91 and Item 9800: Suspend Increased Salaries and Wages Scheduled Under Ratified Agreements. As part of the May Revision, the administration proposes new control section language under Control Section 3.91 to suspend the economic provisions of the 14 bargaining units with active MOUs in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - As part of the May Revision, the administration proposed two new control sections (Control Sections 3.90 and 3.91, discussed in our May 2025 analysis ) aimed at achieving budgetary savings through reductions in employee compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, employers might need to purchase additional air filters and masks to protect workers fr om smoke, incur higher utility costs from an increased need for air conditioning, provide additional training to help prevent and identify heat ‑related illnesses, or modify facilities to accommodate periodic flooding (such as by moving sensitive equipment to higher floors).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 specifies that “the Legislature finds that the savings will likely be needed to maintain the sound fiscal condition of the state.” The control section establishes an expectation of the Legislature that all state bargaining units will meet and confer in good faith with the administration on or before July 1, 2025 to achieve the assumed level
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

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 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

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - This reduction is identified in the budget summary document as a “state vacant position funding sweep. ” The proposed reduction is established in the budget bill under Control Section 4.12. The control section does not identify a dollar amount for the reduction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888