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

Sep 1, 2023 - Classifications in two occupation groups —highway maintenance workers and mobile heavy equipment mechanics —that were identified to be lagging in the compensation study would receive SSAs above 3  percent under the agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Department of Transportation (which consists of transportation projects aimed at strengthening supply chain resilience) and the 2020 California Freight Mobility Plan’s project list (which includes freight projects that will be construction‑ready by 2025).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2018-19 Budget: Statewide Prison to Employment Initiative

Mar 12, 2018 - Enabling Upward Mobility for All Californians Workforce and education programs should be accessible to all residents, including those with barriers to employment. Aligning, Coordinating, and Integrating Services Allocate resources efficiently to meet clients ’ unique workforce and education needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3781

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

Jun 27, 2025 - In its most recent total compensation study for Unit 12, CalHR identified that, statewide, Unit 12 members’ wages (excluding benefits) were (1) above market in the case of stockers and order fillers, painters and construction workers, general maintenance and repair workers, landscaping and groundskeeping workers, and mobile heavy equipment mechanics and (2) below market in the case of electricians and highway maintenance workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2017-18 Budget: Funding Public Works Labor Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - This action would free up $2.2  million in the SPWEF on an ongoing basis and would largely address the funding imbalance going forward, even if contractor registration fee revenues remain flat in future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3603

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

Feb 17, 2017 - We estimate that the three vacant positions associated with these board vacancies —the two board members and a shared support staff position —free up at least $500,000 (about 5 percent of the department ’s budget) for PERB to spend on other staff and operating expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3566

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - While achieving the DOL ’s reserve target is one requirement for states to obtain short-term (up to nine months) interest-free federal UI loans, we note that states that meet this target are much less likely to require federal loans in any event, decreasing the significance of this benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503/3

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

Mar 1, 2016 - In addition to positions held vacant for purposes of freeing up funds, departments typically have vacancies resulting from natural turnover among staff. (The budget used to assume that 5 percent of a department ’s authorized positions would be vacant at any one time due to natural turnover.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3377

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - When a position is vacant or filled by an employee at a pay level lower than the department ’s budget assumes, the department captures “salary savings. ” Salary savings means that the appropriation for salaries is higher than needed, thus freeing up funds to be used elsewhere in a department ’s budget —for example, to pay for over time, salary costs above the mid-step, or rising rent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Specifically, the funds would reduce districts ’ CalSTRS rates in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑ 21 —freeing up resources for other parts of districts ’ operating budgets. Though district pension costs typically are covered using Proposition  98 General Fund, the Governor proposes using non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund for this proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916