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

Oct 17, 2019 - Disposal of Developmental Center (DC) Properties. The budget includes $23.3  million from the General Fund in 2019 ‑20 to support the disposal of two DC properties. First, for the Sonoma DC —whose final residents moved out in 2018 —the budget includes $21.1  million from the General Fund in 2019 ‑20 (and a total of $43.7  million over three
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

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

Feb 15, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals $10 $1,380 CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; DMV = Department of Motor Vehicles; and GO ‑Biz = Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - The CalPERS Board has full rate setting authority to establish required employer contributions, which means that the final rates adopted by the CalPERS Board for 2024 ‑25 would be required under law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21

Jan 10, 2017 - At its December 2016 meeting, the CalPERS board voted to change a key assumption used in calculating how much money employers and employees must contribute to the pension system each year. Specifically, the board voted to lower the discount rate from 7.5  percent to 7.0  percent over the next three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The PERB Board affirmed the ALJ’s overall conclusion that CCHCS violated the Dills Act, but adjusted the ALJ’s factual findings, legal conclusions, and remedial order. The Board held that CCHCS materially changed terms and conditions of employment and determined, among other things, that CCHCS imposed new duties that were not reasonably comprehended within primary care physician’s previous duties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2017-18 Budget: Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)

Feb 17, 2017 - Two Vacant Board Seats. In order to take action on items, a quorum of three board members must be present at board meetings. For more than a year, two of the five seats on the board have been vacant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3566

The 2018-19 Budget: Statewide Prison to Employment Initiative

Mar 12, 2018 - The California Workforce Development Board. Each year, federal WIOA funding is allocated to the California Workforce Development Board (State Board). The State Board then distributes WIOA funds to each of the 45 local boards, which use the funds to operate AJCCs within their jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3781

The 2016-17 Budget: Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)

Mar 1, 2016 - …Including a Previously Vacant Board Position. In recent years, PERB has operated with a vacant seat on its appointed board. Board members each receive a salary of nearly $140,000 and benefits. With the fifth board member ’s seat vacant, PERB was able to redirect this money to pay for other positions and operating expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3377

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - In response to the budget problem, one of the actions taken as part of the 2020 ‑21 Budget Act was to suspend the CalSTRS board ’s authority to increase the state ’s Defined Benefit Program contribution rate in 2020 ‑21 (in other words, the board ’s vote to increase the state ’s rate did not go into effect).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of Labor and Employment Programs

Jan 22, 2020 - The labor and employment programs are administered at the state level by the Employment Development Department (EDD), the Departmen t of Industrial Relations (DIR), the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB), and the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4139