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

Feb 15, 2022 - Then, any additional state funding could be better targeted to fill any funding gaps, provide any necessary state matching funds to maximize federal funds, and ensure funding is distributed across projects of different types at all ports statewide in a manner consistent with the Legislature’s priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - The state hired ID.me to confirm workers ’ identities using so ‑called “one ‑to ‑one ” face matching; that is, when a computer algorithm matches the photo or video submitted by the worker to the worker ’s identification card.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

The 2018-19 Budget: Statewide Prison to Employment Initiative

Mar 12, 2018 - The new proposal would provide funds to all regions throughout the state. All local boards would be required to develop plans to integrate workforce services for ex-offenders and would receive funding to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3781

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

Jan 10, 2017 - Unit 12: Rejected Agreement vs. Proposed Agreement Last year, the Legislature ratified a tentative agreement between the state and Unit 12. This agreement did not go into effect, however, because it subsequently was rejected by Unit 12 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520

Savings Plus Program: An Optional Retirement Benefit for State Employees

Mar 14, 2017 - As Figure  3 shows, managerial or supervisorial professional engineers, physicians, highway patrol officers, attorneys, correctional officers, and professional scientists all have participation rates exceeding 50  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3616

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2022-23, the state contributed $782  million (all funds) towards Social Security and $323  million (all funds) towards Medicare. These payments also are set as a percentage of pay. Non-Salary-Driven Benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 2 (Attorneys and Hearing Officers)

Aug 29, 2016 - The proposed agreement increases pay by a specified percentage for all Unit 2 members on three separate occasions —5  percent effective the pay period following ratification of the agreement, 5  percent on July 1, 2017, and 4  percent on July 1, 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3495

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - (As we noted in our post, Overview of Federal COVID‑19 Research Funding , the state spends billions of dollars annually on R&D across all fields.) California Has Several Research Programs Studying Issues Related to Climate Change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

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

Jun 10, 2016 - Under the agreement, all Unit 12 members would contribute 1.9 percent of pay to a retiree health funding account beginning in 2017-18, rising to 3.3 percent of pay in 2018-19, and rising again to 4.6 percent of pay beginning in 2019-20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3482

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Apr 4, 2016 - These proposed pay and benefit increases —along with state contributions to match employee payments to a retiree health funding account —would be a significant new budgetary commitment for the state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3409