MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - Staffing Rotation Models. As we referenced in our March 2024 analysis , CalFire intends to adjust its staffing rotation to a platoon model where firefighters rotate on and off duty as a group rather than individually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - How the Local Wage Supplement Model Works The local wage supplement model was initially established as a part of the 2017 ‑18 budget package. In March  2018, additional clarifying language was passed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The proposed control section would authorize the administration to impose reductions of any amount through any policy if reductions are not established under a collective bargaining agreement by Jul y 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

May 16, 2017 - For much of the late 1990s and 2000s, the yield averaged around 6  percent, although it fell after the dot-com bust and ensuing recession in the early 2000s. After the rate fell in 2008, it has remained near zero as inflation and U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3673

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

Jun 27, 2025 - This agreement could be used as a model for agreements with the other 13 bargaining units with active agreements if they choose to come to the table this year. Further, this agreement could serve as a precedent for any policies that the administration might seek to impose on any of the other bargaining units (whether they have an active MOU or not) should the final budget package grant the administration that authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Increased Risk of Floods Climate models predict that California will experience less frequent but more intense storm patterns in the coming decades, including the state ’s precipitation more frequently falling as rain rather than snow compared to historical trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - As such, whatever is ratified under a Unit 6 agreement will create a precedent that likely will be used as a model for successor agreements with the other six bargaining units expected to come to the table this ye ar.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Funding Plan May Not Meet Principle of “Shared Responsibility”

Feb 2, 2016 - For example, in a hearing of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, an administration official commented that “everyone will be contributing more. ” The administration continues to stress this principle, as the Governor ’s January 2016 budget summary describes the funding plan as “based on a model of shared responsibility. ” Below, we examine whether the state will incur
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3337

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Sep 7, 2021 - For example, the smallest identified lag was that of Firefighter II with state compensation lagging local compensation b y 16 percent and the largest identified lag was that of Battalion Chief with state compensation lagging local compensation by 41 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4451

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - As a result of this statute, the state regularl y contributes a percentage of pay above what is actuarially required and established by the CalPERS Board. In 2024 ‑25, the state ’s supplemental payment under this section ranges from 0.1  percent of pay for Miscellaneous employees to 1.65  percent of pay for employees in the Peace Officer and Firefighter pension and is expected to total less than $100  million General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887