The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - (Community health workers are trained health educators who work directly with individuals who may have difficulty understanding or interacting with health care providers due to cultural or language barriers to increase their engagement with the health care system.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - Assuming that the state streamlines minimum faculty qualifications, we estimate that our recommended approach would fund about 3,000 new enrollment slots (about 1,700 enrollment slots funded by ETP and about 1,300 enrollment slots funded by Proposition  98).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Limit SIBTF Claims to Pre ‑Existing Disabilities That Interact With the Work Injury. Under current program rules, workers can qualify for SIBTF benefits even if the pre ‑existing condition does not interact with (or worsen the impact of) the work injury.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Jan 14, 2019 - These slots would be on top of the almost 9,000 full ‑day slots the state added over the past three years. Extending preschool to all children from low ‑income families is consistent with considerable research that has concluded the benefits of preschool are greatest for these children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Interaction Between This Agreement and Approved Budget Not Clear. How this proposed agreement would interact with the budget augmentations already approved by the Legislature is unclear. For example, as mentioned above, it is unclear to us whether any of the approved staffing increases would be used to support the implementation of the 66-hour duty week.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget includes $6  million from the General Fund in 2022 ‑23 for DMV to fund overtime for 200 Licensing Registration Examiners, as well as the necessary office and support staff, so that field offices with wait times of 30 days or more for commercial drive tests can offer additional testing slots on Saturdays.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

COVID-19: Unemployment Insurance for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020 - In this post, we summarize the recent federal actions on UI and discuss how these interact with current state programs. State ’s Existing Unemployment Insurance Program. Through the Employment Development Department (EDD), most employees are eligible to receive weekly UI benefits when they become unemployed through no fault of their own and intend to continue looking for new work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

May 30, 2018 - Interactions With Pending Budget Proposals As discussed below, the proposed agreement interacts with a number of budget proposals currently being considered by the Legislature. Item 9800. The Governor ’s May Revision —submitted to the Legislature before the proposed agreement was finalized —increases Item 9800 in 2018-19 by $112  million General Fund to pay for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3847

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - One key question will be what role state programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities, and how they should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers)

Aug 26, 2019 - Given this pay difference and the state’s recruitment challenges, the Legislature may want to engage in a broader conversation of whether the state should consider relocating more operations out of the Bay Area and into Sacramento or other lower cost of living regions of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4090