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

Feb 15, 2022 - These two centers would each consolidate three existing testing locations. (Currently, the testing locations proposed to be consolidated lack sufficient dedicated space for commercial drive tests.) The two centers would also create additional capacity for 300 additiona l commercial drive tests per month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Employees who are identified as being “remote centered ” are eligible to receive $50 per month. Employees who are identified as “office centered ” are eligible to receive $25 per month. Under the telework stipend program, the MOU specifies that “no reimbursement claims will be authorized for utilities, phone, cable/internet, or other telework incurred costs. ” Executive Order N-22-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

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

Sep 9, 2025 - (The stipend provides remote-centered workers $50 per month and office-centered workers $25 per month.) Unit 18 Term. The proposed agreement would be in effect through July 1, 2028. This means that the agreement would be in effect for three fiscal years: 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

The 2018-19 Budget: Statewide Prison to Employment Initiative

Mar 12, 2018 - Local workforce development boards (local boards) operate roughly 200 one-stop job centers in California. In these centers, known as America ’s Job Centers of California (AJCCs), jobseekers can search online job databases, take courses on resume building, receive individualized career counseling, enroll in career-focused coursework, and participate in on-the-job training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3781

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Since January 1, 2022, Unit 16 employees who have an approved telework agreement on file with their department are eligible to receive $50 per month if they are identified as a remote centered employee or $25 per month if they are identified as an office centered employee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test

Feb 11, 2020 - New Law Also Exempts Some Professions From the ABC Test. The new law exempts some professions from the new test. These workers may continue working as independent contractors. Workers excluded from the new test include, among others, physicians, construction contractors, real estate agents, attorneys, accountants, private detectives, and travel agents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Under Longstanding EDD Practices, Workers Must Pass Multiple Identity Tests. When an unemployed worker submits a claim for UI payments, EDD confirms the worker ’s identifying information with the federal Social Security Administration and the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - In contrast, most state prisons are located in rural parts of the state located far from major urban centers. As a result, the six counties surveyed for th e compensation study are not representative of where state correctional officers work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Donovan Correctional Facility; Kern Valley State Prison; Pelican Bay State Prison; High Desert State Prison; San Quentin Rehabilitation Center; California State Prison, Los Angeles County; and California State Prison, Corcoran.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058