Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan May 26, 2021 Repaying the State ’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan The Governor ’s 2021 ‑22 May Revision budget proposes $36  million General Fund to pay the first, partial payment on the state ’s outstanding federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) loan and proposes to direct $1.1  billion in federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act funds to pay down a portion of the outstanding loan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - The 2021‑22 budget included $600 million in one‑time federal American Recovery Plan Act funds for regional partnerships to plan for and implement economic transition strategies. These funds are primarily for jobs training programs in clean technology fields in response to state and federal steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

COVID-19: Unemployment Insurance for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020 - On March  11, 2021 President Biden signed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, which extends UI benefit enhancements through September 6. In this post, we summarize the recent federal actions on UI and discuss how these interact with current state programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - (The federal American Rescue Plan [ARP] Act subsequently provided additional one-time grants to CalWORKs families.) The state ’s first stimulus program also provided an extra $600 payment to low-income undocumented workers who pay taxes using an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Significant declines—or potential permanent extinctions—of the state’s native fish species represent not just a loss of public trust natural resources, but also impair the state’s fishing industry and economy, as well as dispossess some of California’s Native American communities of essential elements of their tribal culture.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Unit 19’s current members are represented by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees ( Local 2620). The administration posted on its website the agreement , a summary of the agreement , and a summary of the administration’s estimate of the agreement’s fiscal effects .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - Unit 16 is represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists. This analysis of the proposed agreement fulfills our statutory requirement under Section 19828.5 of the Government Code. The administration has posted on the California Department of Human Resources ’ (CalHR ’s) website the agreement , a summary of the agreement, and a summary of the administration’s estimates of the proposed agreement’s fiscal effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - When CalHR did release a compensation study of Unit 6 compensation in 2023 (referred to as the 2022 compensation study because it relies on data from 2022), we were highly critical of the methodology adopted for the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - Looking Ahead Updated Forecasts Under Two Economic Scenarios —Low Cost and High Cost. To  illustrate state and employer costs to repay the federal UI loans, this analysis updates our earlier low ‑ and high ‑costs forecast scenarios for the state ’s UI  system based on different underlying economic scenarios.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s CalPERS Borrowing Proposal

May 16, 2017 - For much of the late 1990s and 2000s, the yield averaged around 6  percent, although it fell after the dot-com bust and ensuing recession in the early 2000s. After the rate fell in 2008, it has remained near zero as inflation and U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3673