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

Sep 9, 2025 - The facilities where Unit 18 members work provide care to patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When there are not enough psychiatric technicians scheduled to adequately provide care to patients —either due to lack of resources, unexpected absences, scheduling error, emergency, or other causes —the state may require staff to work overtime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientists)

Aug 28, 2018 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientists) August 28, 2018 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientists) On August 24, 2018, the administration released a proposed labor agreement between the state and Bargaining Unit 10 (professional scientists).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3881

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - The estimated 2023-24 costs to implement the proposed Unit 10 agreement represents about 6.4  percent of the state ’s Unit 10 payroll costs. If payroll costs for all 15 bargaining units and their associated excluded employees increased 6.4  percent, state General Fund payroll in 2023-24 would be more than $1  billion higher than 2022-23 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

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

Sep 1, 2023 - The below top step pay increases would go into effect July 1, 2023. 10  Percent: Psychologist Classifications. The top step of specified Psychologist classifications would increase 10  percent. The administration indicates that 1,583 FTE employees work in one of these classifications and estimates that 76  percent of these employees are at the top step and eligible to receive the pay increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - The proposed agreement specifies that, notwithstanding the implementation of the 66-hour duty week for compensation purposes, upon ratification or on November 25, 2024, whichever date is later, Unit 8 members assigned to Shift Pattern 1 would be placed in either a “Modified Kelly” (also known as a 48/96 work schedule where employees work two consecutive 24-hour shifts on duty
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Excluding health benefits, the agreement would increase Unit 12 compensation costs in 2023 ‑24 by $63  million, about 5  percent of current Unit 12 payroll costs. By the end of the three-year term of the agreement, ongoing annual costs (excluding health benefits) would increase by the equivalent of about 10  percent of current Unit 12 payroll costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The survey found that while both state and local firefighters work 24-hour shifts, state firefighters work more days of the year (156 days compared with 121 days for the local fire departments in the survey).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Between 2009-10 and 2010-11, Unit 6 members’ pay was reduced by 13.86 percent for 20 of the 24 months across the two fiscal years. As of December 2024, Unit 6 members have 131,427 hours of unused furlough or PLP hours in their leave balances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Chapter  1 Introduction On January 10, 2023, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget to the Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor ’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Between 2020 ‑21 and 2023 ‑24, the state has made about $10  billion in debt repayments pursuant to the requirements of Proposition  2. Of this total, about 20  percent have been devoted to prefunding retiree health benefits and 65  percent, nearly $7  billion, have been used for supplemental pension payments to reduce the state ’s unfunded liabilities associated with CalPERS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887