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

Jun 27, 2025 - A future Legislature and Governor could face pressure to use money from the trust fund as soon as it becomes available, e specially to address a budget problem, should one exist in 2046. To the extent that money is drawn from the fund before the benefit is fully funded, the likelihood of the benefit ever becoming fully funded will further diminish.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Savings Plus Program: An Optional Retirement Benefit for State Employees

Mar 14, 2017 - CalPERS makes assumptions about investment returns when determining how much money must be contributed each year to fund the system. The state ’s contributions towards these benefits are greatly affected by the extent to which investment returns vary from these actuarial assumptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3616

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - In order to receive the bonus, the MOU requires that the insti tution be 50 or more miles away from the cadet ’s current home address and that the cadet is required to relocate from their current home address to work at the institution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6

Jun 14, 2019 - The amount of money that employees contribute to prefund retiree health benefits directly reduces the amount of money that employees take home. As we have discussed in the past (see past analyses here and here ), these types of cost-sharing arrangements often result in employees receiving a pay increase that offsets their contribution increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4078

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 7, 2023 - The agreement would reduce the amount of money that the state and employees contribute to prefund retiree health benefits. Specifically, effective the first day of the pay period following ratification, the contribution rate would be reduced from 3.5  percent of pay to 3  percent of pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4799

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Moreover, many existing structures were built to different standards than are commonplace today, making them less resilient to the effects of climate change. For instance, many older homes were built with features —such as wood shake roofs, cedar siding, or single ‑paned windows —that make them more vulnerable to igniting during wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s CalPERS Borrowing Proposal

May 16, 2017 - For example, the Legislature could direct the administration to make an additional, supplemental payment to CalPERS of this amount —but without any borrowing from the PMIA. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3673

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - The state would be prohibited from using an employee ’s log on/off time, electronic access card entry/exit times, or other “online status ” in any electronic application as the sole source of attendance reporting or as the sole reason of discipline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - (Although employees began to pay a share of the costs, the state provided salary increases to offset the reduction in take home pay. As such, the state did not realize immediate savings.) Collective Bargaining Ralph C.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

The 2016-17 Budget: Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)

Mar 1, 2016 - To the extent that this is true, higher rental costs could force PERB to redirect money from elsewhere in its budget —including holding positions vacant —to cover these additional costs. In addition, the smaller office space could negatively affect PERB ’s ability to process cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3377