The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - In 2019, the Legislature ratified new labor agreements with 14 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units. In 2019-20, only one bargaining unit (Unit 18, representing psychiatric technicians) has an expired agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - State Employee Compensation Legislature Ratified New Agreements With All 21 Bargaining Units. Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel) amended the budget to include Control Section 3.90, which established an expectation that the administration would meet and confer in good faith with all 21 of the state’s bargaining units before July 1, 2025 to achieve budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Some Students Already Have Earned Many CCC Units and a College Degree. To earn an associate degree, students generally need to complete 60 units of coursework. While most incarcerated students at CDCR taking CCC coursework have accumulated fewer than 60  units, some students have accumulated notably more units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - The proposal includes 21.6 custody positions, which would be assigned to housing units to engage with residents to build trust, rapport, and help them navigate rehabilitative opportunities at the  prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - This consists of (1) $77  million (growing to $132  million in 2025-26) from the previously planned deactivation of Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe, (2) $82  million from the deactivation of 42 housing units across 11 state prisons, and (3) $10  million (growing to $11  million in 2025-26) related to reduced administrative costs resulting from these and previous deactivations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - After completing the analysis, CMD determined that a major component of its project —a thermal storage unit —was not cost effective. Accordingly, the administration subsequently proposed modifying the project to remove the thermal storage unit, thereby reducing the project costs by about $ 5  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - Some of these changes, such as counting more college preparatory work as college credit and reducing the required units for certain degrees, could reduce the need for some students to take certain courses, thereby freeing up space for other students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

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

Jan 13, 2020 - We take this approach to reflect the Legislature ’s authority to approve memorandums of understanding with state bargaining units and allocate the necessary funds. While the Legislature typically provides funds for these purposes, we do not assume the Legislature will make the same choices as the administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135