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

Feb 15, 2022 - The grants would be administered by GO‑Biz. GO‑Biz is still developing this proposal, but it has suggested that the grant funding could be used to improve data interconnectivity between the ports to enable efficient cargo movement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Sep 9, 2025 - For most of the more than six decades that the state has offered its employees retiree health benefits, the state did not prefund the benefit but instead paid the cost on a pay-as-you-go basis after employees retired.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - (Under the policy, the state continues to make pay-as-you-go payments for benefits received by retirees.) The money contributed by the state and employees to prefund the benefit is put in a trust fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - If the Legislature does not include funding for an economic provision of a ratified MOU under Item 9800, the Legislature’s action prevents that provision from going into effect and reopens the agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

Jun 27, 2025 - (Under the policy, the state continues to make pay-as-you-go payments for benefits received by retirees.) The money contributed by the state and employees to prefund the benefit is put in a trust fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

Jul 14, 2025 - (Under the policy, the state continues to make pay-as-you-go payments from the General Fund for benefits received by retirees.) The money contributed by the state and employees to prefund the benefit is put in a trust fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - (Under the policy, the state continues to make pay-as-you-go payments for benefits received by retirees.) The money contributed by the state and employees to prefund the benefit is put in a trust fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - As such, the current employer tax does not fully capture employers ’ financial exposure to SIBTF claims because most claims each year go unprocessed. In recent years, the state has processed between 500 and 800 claims annually, or roughly one ‑fifth of all incoming claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - Under state law, a tentative agreement does not go into effect as the MOU for a bargaining unit unless it is ratified by both the Legislature and union membership. Major Provisions Term. The agreement would be in effect from July 2, 2023 through June 30, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

The 2020-21 Budget: Improving the State's Unpaid Wage Claim Process

Feb 19, 2020 - Large Awards More Likely to Go Uncollected. Workers are less likely to collect unpaid wages when their award is large than when their award is small. For workers who collected wages, the median amount was about $3,700.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4165