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 Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - This statutory comparison predates the state employee collective bargaining process established by the Ral ph C. Dills Act. (Prior to collective bargaining, the State Personnel Board [SPB] annually would recommend to the Legislature salary ranges for classifications.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

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 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - LAO Recommendations Reject Proposed Control Sections. We recommend that the Legislature reject the proposed control sections. Ask Administration Questions. We recommend that the Legislature ask the administration questions to better understand the administration ’s proposal and also to help the Legislature determine its priorities when it comes to state employee compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Therefore, we recommend the Legislature require an estimation of the fiscal effect and time line to implement a 56-hour duty week be provided prior to any discussion during the successor MOU negotiations in 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety)

Aug 8, 2019 - We recommend that the Legislature only approve agreements with terms of one or two years. This recommendation is intended to maintain legislative flexibility. Given the state ’s volatile revenue structure, anticipating whether the budget could support particular pay raises more than two years in advance is very difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4085

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We long have recommended that the Legislature only ratify agreements that would be in effect for one or, at most, two fiscal years. The basis of this recommendation is to preserve legislative flexibility to respond to changing economic conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - Duration Standing LAO Recommendation: Do Not Approve Agreements Longer Than Two Years. Since 2007 , we have recommended that the Legislature not ratify labor agreements with durations longer than two years in order to maintain legislative flexibility and authority to respond to changing economic situations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - We discuss these recommended changes below. Require Total Compensation Study of All Bargaining Units, but Allow for Bargaining Unit-Specific Supplemental Studies. We recommend methodologies used in the biennial total compensation study (1)  be consistent across all bargaining units, (2)  be transparent and replicable, and (3)  not be subject to collective bargaining.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773