MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol) [Publication Details]

Aug 23, 2024 - We reviewed the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol). This review is pursuant to Section 19829.5 of the Government Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The trust fund has three revenue sources: returns on invested assets (accounting for 56  percent of CalPERS pension benefit funding); employer contributions (accounting for 33  percent of CalPERS pension benefit funding), which we discuss in greater detail below; and active employee contributions (accounting for 11  percent of CalPERS pension benefit funding).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Unit 8 rank-and-file, managerial, and supervisorial employees account for less than 4  percent of the total FTE in the state workforce and about 4  percent of the state ’s General Fund payroll expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - As of March  2025, rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with Unit 9 totaled more than 17,600 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, accounting for about 7  percent of the state ’s total workforce (about 256,000 FTE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - One approach here would be to align SIBTF with the longstanding workers ’ compensation policy of adjusting multiple combined impairments downward to account for functional overlap as is the practice in the standard workers ’ compensation system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - When counted with their affiliated managers and supervisors, Unit 18 accounts for about 2.5  percent of the state workforce and 3.8  percent of the state ’s General Fund payroll costs. Recent Compensation Study Found Unit 18 Compensation to Be Above Market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Jun 27, 2025 - As of March  2025, rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with Unit 12 totaled more than 15,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, accounting for about 6  percent of the state ’s total workforce (about 256,000 FTE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Unit 6 rank-and-file and affiliated excluded employees account for 29  percent of the state ’s General Fund salary and salary-driven benefit costs. Furloughs Long History of Using Furloughs to Address State Budget Problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058