The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - The state hired ID.me to confirm workers ’ identities using so ‑called “one ‑to ‑one ” face matching; that is, when a computer algorithm matches the photo or video submitted by the worker to the worker ’s identification card.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

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

Sep 9, 2025 - When counted with their affiliated managers and supervisors, Unit 18 accounts for about 2.5  percent of the state workforce and 3.8  percent of the state ’s General Fund payroll costs. Recent Compensation Study Found Unit 18 Compensation to Be Above Market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

CalSTRS Funding: An Update

May 5, 2017 - An analogy could be credit card debt. Each month, an individual with credit card debt incurs an interest charge. The cardholder ’s monthly payment typically must exceed the interest charge in order for the principal —or in the case of CalSTRS, the unfunded liability —to decrease.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3662

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - (As noted above, the administration also proposes that these payments count as tax rebates due to revenues exceeding the SAL.) As shown in Figure  2 below, the second round of payments proposed by the Governor includes three different one-time payments: (1) $600 to taxpayers who did not receive the first round $600 payment, (2)  an additional $500 payment to families who claim a
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - The state would be prohibited from using an employee ’s log on/off time, electronic access card entry/exit times, or other “online status ” in any electronic application as the sole source of attendance reporting or as the sole reason of discipline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - To arrive at the estimate of $1.3  billion, EDD counts state UI claims as fraudulent if a worker did not respond to a request for additional identity documents after they had started receiving benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The budget provides a total of $ 577  m illion ($ 390  m illion ongoing and $ 187  m illion one time) to districts based on their unduplicated counts of low ‑income students, English learners, and students with disabilities they serve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Funding Plan May Not Meet Principle of “Shared Responsibility”

Feb 2, 2016 - We note that higher contributions could be counted toward meeting Proposition 2 ’s debt payment requirements. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3337

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 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety)

Aug 8, 2019 - In order to help address the MVA ’s solvency, as well as increased MVA expenditures in the current year (such as a net increase of $242  million for DMV to process federally compliant driver licenses and identification cards), the 2019 ‑20 budget includes various actions intended to benefit the MVA in the near term (such as suspending a transfer of revenues from the MVA to the General Fund and delaying facility projects).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4085