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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor also proposes $9. 6  m illion to fund an additional 4,250 Cal Grant competitive awards, which would raise the total number of new competitive awards authorized annually to 30,000. Over the past several years, the Legislature has focused on certain financial aid goals, including: ( 1)  i ncreasing living assistance (especially for students enrolled
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - For example, the state pays a percentag e of employees ’ pay to fund pension benefits. During a furlough, the state ’s contributions towards pension benefits is made as a percentage of the reduced salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6

Jun 14, 2019 - Based on the classification and pay range information available on these counties ’ websites, the state ’s current (not including the 5  percent GSI in July 2019) correctional officer salary ranges are competitive (within 5  percent) or more than 5  percent above most of the 12 counties ’ comparable classifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4078

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - As a result, often, salaries are more competitive in regions with lower costs of living, whereas salaries in more expensive regions are less competitive. In contrast, Unit 5 receives salary increases based on labor market trends in counties with high costs of living despite roughly 70 percent of Unit 5 members working in counties that are not included in the survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - The state also created a climate change research program at the Strategic Growth Council, providing the program a total of $34  million (Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund) from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - Growing employment indicates that there will be greater competition from employers to fill these jobs, meaning that it could be more difficult for the state to recruit new civil engineers in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

May 30, 2018 - Extending th e 5  percent GSI to Unit 6 managers and supervisors would increase state costs in 2019-20 by more than $50  million. Pay Increase Could Increase State Pension Contribution Rate. CalPERS includes a variety of actuarial assumptions in its calculation to determine the state ’s costs, including assumptions about how quickly payroll grows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3847

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The Governor proposes no additional deposits into the reserve so it remains at its 2019 e nacted level of $ 900  m illion under this budget proposal. Governor Has a $6   Billion Surplus to Allocate. We estimate the Governor had a $6  b illion surplus to allocate in the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - We recommend the 2022 study not be used to evaluate whether or not the state ’s compensation for correctional officers is competitive. Legislative Oversight Legislative Oversight of State Compensation Policies Key to Effective Oversight of State Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - As we discussed in our 2019 analysis , the last total compensation study submitted to the Legislature for Unit 6 that relied on the same methodology as is used for other bargaining units was submitted in 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773