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

Jun 27, 2025 - Furloughs have some clear advantages including that they are administratively easy to implement; they offer immediate and predictable levels of savings; and they do not require a reduction in workforce, allowing the state to immediately “staff up ” after the budget problem passes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Labor Agreements: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, AND 21

Jun 25, 2020 - Administratively Easy. Compared with the layoff process, furloughs require relatively little administrative work. Immediate Savings. Because furloughs are relatively easy to administer, the budget can assume savings from furloughs starting immediately at the beginning of the fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4257

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Furloughs have some clear advantages, including that they are administratively easy to implement; they offer immediate and predictable levels of savings; and they do not require a reduction in workforce, allowing the state to immediately “staff up ” after the budget problem passes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Sep 9, 2020 - The administration indicates that the MVA is eligible to loan funds to the General Fund in 2020‑21; however, the administration has not yet determined how much money the General Fund will borrow from the MVA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4267

Savings Plus Program: An Optional Retirement Benefit for State Employees

Mar 14, 2017 - The state currently does not contribute money to employees ’ SPP accounts —either in the form of a match or otherwise. Employees who choose to participate in the program determine (1)  how much money to save, (2)  how to invest the money they have saved, and (3)  how to use these funds in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3616

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Furloughs have some clear advantages including that they are administratively easy to implement; they offer immediate and predictable levels of savings; and they do not require a reduction in workforce, allowing the state to immediately “staff up ” after the budget problem passes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s CalPERS Borrowing Proposal

May 16, 2017 - Contribute Money to CalPERS Over Course of 2017-18. The administration proposes depositing the borrowed money with CalPERS on a periodic basis throughout the 2017-18 fiscal year to accommodate cash flow needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3673

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21

Jan 10, 2017 - By assuming less money comes into the system through investment gains, the state will be required to contribute more money to pay for higher normal costs and a larger unfunded liability. . . . Making Proposed Pay Increases More Costly . . .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Jan 23, 2017 - To the extent that the pay increases provided by this agreement result in firefighter payroll growing faster than 3  percent each year, the state likely will be required to contribute more money to CalPERS than assumed in Figure  3.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3534

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 26, 2019 - As Figure  1 shows, the parties periodically agreed to redirect this money to prefund retiree health benefits. The proposed agreement would maintain the amount of money that is redirected from pay to retiree health benefits at 3.4  percent of pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4089