The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - It is within the Legislature ’s prerogative to determine that such actions are necessary to address a budget problem. That being said, the Legislature must weigh such action against the damage that the action can bring to the state ’s relationship with its employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Further, it creates a precedent for (1)  other bargaining units this year to adopt similar actions and (2)  future Governors to see this action as an acceptable trade-off to address future budget problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Sep 9, 2025 - Pursuant to the Dills Act, the Legislature ’s action to not fund these scheduled pay increases in a ratified MOU means that (1)  the pay increases did not go into effect and (2)  the state and CAP-UAW can reopen the ratified 2024 MOU in whole or in part.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Further, it creates a precedent for (1)  other bargaining units this year to adopt similar actions and (2)  future Governors to see this action as an acceptable trade-off to address future budget problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - (We note that the administration took one ‑time action in 2020 ‑21 to offset this action and proposes additional one ‑time action for 2021 ‑22. We describe these measures in more detail in the next section.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - There is an argument that some amount of the state ’s 2024 ‑25 contribution to CalSTRS could count toward Proposition  2 debt requirements, depending on interpretations and actions by the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

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

Jul 14, 2025 - This creates a precedent for future Governors to see this action as an acceptable trade-off to address future budget problems. To the extent that this action is repeated in future years, the goal to fully fund the benefit will become increasingly elusive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - In addition, electronic location tracking could be used for operational efficiency, safety, and security; however, such data could not be the sole basis for disciplinary action unless an employee ’s driving behavior or vehicle use constitutes cause for disciplinary action as defined by Section 19572 of the Government Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - One Example of Possible Legislative Actions to Increase Reserves Features of a Sample Solvency Plan. Below, we provide an example of the kinds of actions the Legislature could take to increase trust fund reserves, using an AHCM of 1.0 as a sample reserve target.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503/3

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - Take Action to Increase Trust Fund Reserves. Alternatively, the Legislature could take action to accelerate the accumulation of trust fund reserves through some combination of revenue increases and/or benefit reductions as noted previously.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503/2