The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Accordingly, the state annually makes supplemental pension payments from the General Fund towards the state ’s pension unfunded liabilities. Proposition 2 Proposition   2 Contains Annual Debt Payment Requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 20, 2024 - This report evaluates the Governor’s Proposition 2-related debt and liabilities payment proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4887

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Debt Liabilities

Oct 17, 2019 - Pensions. Between the two pension systems, the state ’s pension unfunded liabilities are estimated to total $93.1  billion ($59.7  billion at CalPERS for state employee pensions and $33.4  billion at CalSTRS for teachers ’ pensions).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4106

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - We Use Simulation ‑Based Tools Similar to Those Used to Analyze Pensions and Insurance. The state ’s reserve policy should hold up not just for a few years or even a couple of decades, but over many economic cycles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - For example, major categories of cost shifts in the Governor’s budget include proposals to: defer one month of state employee payroll from June to July, which results in $1.6 billion in one‑time savings; redirect a $1.3 billion supplemental pension payment made under the requirements of Proposition 2 for actuarially required contributions to the California Public Employee Retirement System, and $1.2 billion in special fund loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825

The 2018-19 Budget: Repaying the CalPERS Borrowing Plan

Apr 4, 2018 - Retirement Liabilities State Pensions Funded From Three Sources. The state provides pension benefits to retired state and California State University employees through the CalPERS pension system. CalPERS pensions are funded from three sources: investment gains, employer contributions, and employee contributions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3797

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2020 - This represents a key and unique opportunity for the state. The Governor offers one strategy to prioritize these funds over the next few years. Notably, the Governor focuses on the state’s share of the unfunded liability for teachers’ pensions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4196

The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals

Mar 26, 2019 - (For budgetary purposes, the state only recognized the deferral in the General Fund, not other funds ’ statements.) Pension Deferral. The state makes quarterly payments to the California Public Employees ’ Retirement System (CalPERS) for pension contributions for state employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3988

The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals [Publication Details]

Mar 26, 2019 - While the state has already addressed many of its outstanding deferrals, there are still three major categories of deferrals remaining. These are related to: (1) state employee payroll, (2) pension payments, and (3) Medi-Cal payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3988

The 2019-20 Budget: Structuring the Budget: Reserves, Debt and Liabilities

Feb 5, 2019 - In this section, we discuss four major state retirement liabilities. State Employees ’ Pensions.  Depending on their job, state employees earn pension benefits under one of five state pension plans (Miscellaneous, Industrial, Safety, Peace Officer/Firefighter, and Highway Patrol) administered by the California Public Employees ’ Retirement System (CalPERS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3925