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

Feb 15, 2022 - New vs. Existing Programs. Funding is currently proposed to be allocated through a new program under CalSTA. However, other existing programs—like the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program, which is administered by California Transportation Commission and funds similar goods movement infrastructure projects—could be used to allocate the proposed funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - This is due in part to historical discriminatory practices that restricted which racial groups could live and purchase homes in the communities that contained larger and more developed water systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - For some jobs, the state employs people in the same occupation across the state and cost of living varies significantly by region. As a result, compensation for the same occupatio n can vary widely. In other cases, there are limited private (or other public) comparison employers, potentially limiting the value of the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

CalSTRS Funding: An Update

May 5, 2017 - To the extent that teachers live longer than was expected during their careers, contributions made by them and their employers —combined with investment returns on those contributions —will be insufficient to pay for their pension benefits for the portion of their lives that extend beyond their assumed life expectancy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3662

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Under current law, the state ’s costs for highway patrol salary are determined by factors over which the Legislature has no control: decisions made by five local governments. The extent to which these decisions are based on changes in the cost of living or other factors is not readily known to the Legislature or the administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers)

Aug 26, 2019 - In particular, we have heard that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has difficulty filling Unit 13 positions, which likely has contributed to CDCR ’s large deferred maintenance backlog.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4090

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - The pandemic has led to devastating job losses, which have been concentrated among California ’s low-wage workers. As of March  2021, more than 80  percent of unemployed workers live in households with below-average annual income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor proposes $ 122  m illion for greater living assistance for California Community Colleges, CSU, and UC Cal Grant recipients who have dependent children. The Governor also proposes $9. 6  m illion to fund an additional 4,250 Cal Grant competitive awards, which would raise the total number of new competitive awards authorized annually to 30,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Some of the key factors to consider when assessing retirement security include: the individual ’s expected lifespan, the age at which an individual retires. the standard of living the individual expects to live in retirement, the individual ’s savings level upon retirement, and any employer-sponsored pension or other income benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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