The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - Funds in the LWDF are set aside for labor law enforcement and education. These funds come primarily from Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) lawsuit settlement proceeds. Under state law, PAGA allows employees to sue their employers to collect a share of penalties associated with labor l aw violations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

Cal Facts 2018 [Publication Details]

Dec 6, 2018 - With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state's economy, revenues, and major program trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3905

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under federal l aw, state and local government employers may continue to exclude some employees from Social Security coverage, but only if those employees are enrolled in a retirement plan that meets federal regulations requiring at least a specified level of benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Mar 10, 2022 - Through the state ’s Adult Education Program (AEP), more than 350  adult education providers —primarily school districts (through their adult schools) and community colleges —are organized into 71  regional consortia.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Medical Education Leave. The agreement would increase the number of medical education leave hours that Unit 16 members receive each fiscal year from 56 hours to 60 hours. The agreement also increases the number of continuing medical education leave hours that employees may carry over year over year from 112 hours to 120 hours.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - These bargaining units include the nine units represented by Local 1000 (Units 1 [administrative, financial, and staff services], 3 [professional educators and librarians], 4 [office and allied], 11 [engineering and scientific technicians], 14 [printing and allied trades], 15 [allied services], 1 7 [registered nurses], 20 [medical and social services], and 21
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 7, 2023 - Unit 21: Educational Consultants and Library. Employees are educational consultants who work for state education programs within the California Department of Education or other noninstitutional settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4799

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Veterinarian Continuing Education Reimbursement. The proposed agreement would increase the amount of money the state reimburses licensed veterinarians and licensed veterinarian specialists from $1,000 to $1,500 per year to cover continuing education costs for tuition, registration fees, association memberships, books, training materials, transportation, lodging, and all other work-related expenses for courses directly relate d to licensure or certification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Because special education costs have far outpaced special education funding in recent years, most schools receiving funding under the Governor ’s proposal likely would use the funds to help them cover their existing special education costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916