MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As Figure  5 shows, the six counties in the study have average wages that are somewhat higher than the statewide average and far above average wages in the six counties with the highest concentration of Unit 6 worksites (the Counties of Kern, Kings, Riverside, Solano, Monterey, and Sacramento).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Some local governments in California offer DROP to their employees (for example, the Cities of Los Angeles , San Diego , and Fresno , and the City and County of San Francisco ). The specific design of DROPs vary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These trends will be even more severe in some inland counties. For example, in Fresno County, the historical trends of five days of extreme heat per year are projected to increase to 29 days annually between 2035 and 2064 and 43 days annually between 2070 and 2099.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Jun 27, 2025 - CalHR ’s compensation study compares wages and total compensation offered by the state with wages and total compensation offered by local government, federal government, and private sector employers across the state as well as within five distinct regions (San Francisco Bay Area Region, San Diego County, Sacramento Region, Los Angeles Region, and All Other Counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget provides $ 31  m illion from the General Fund in 2019 ‑ 20 —to be expended over a few years —to backfill wildfire ‑related property tax loses for cities, counties, and special districts associated with certain major wildfires that have occurred since 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - During this three-year period, the County of Sonoma will conduct land use planning activities that will inform DGS ’s final disposal of the property. Second, the budget includes $2.2  million from the General Fund in 2019 ‑20 to perform a site assessment of the Fairview DC —whose final residents will move out in 2019 —to support the future disposal of the property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6

Jun 14, 2019 - For example, 78  percent of Unit  6 members work in 1 of 12  counties in California —the Counties of Kern, Kings, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Riverside, Monterey, Solano, San Bernardino, Imperial, Los Angeles, Lassen, and San Diego.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4078

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

Mar 23, 2020 - As required under H.R. 6201, in order to receive these additional funds, the state also took action during 2020 to expand access to UI benefits, specifically by (1)  temporarily waiving the work search requirement, (2)  temporarily waiving the seven-day waiting time, and (3)  changing the calculation for the employer experience rating to exclude from the calculation UI claims related to COVID-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - The recent employer tax increases account for SIBTF claims that the state has processed and begun paying. As such, the current employer tax does not fully capture employers ’ financial exposure to SIBTF claims because most claims each year go unprocessed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - We note that, although the agreement would hold employees ’ take-home pay harmless, because of how salary-driven benefits and other factors are calculated with payroll, this provision would result in a net increase in ongoing state costs of $14  million by the end of the agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919