The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - Questions for the Le gislature to ask include: How does CalHR communicate with unions representing bargaining units on project-related changes to their departments ’ HR and payroll work? What has been the initial response from unions about these changes?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - LA County child welfare services public health nurse program elimination ‑8 ‑8 Governor ’s budget proposed to eliminate funding for LA County ’s public health nurse early intervention pilot program. While funding would be eliminated, language authorizing the program would remain in statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - Additional functionalities and defect fixes are identified and prioritized by Covered California, DHCS, and the California Health and Human Services Agency ’s Office of Systems Integration, in consultation with other stakeholders including the County Welfare Directors Association (CWDA) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408

The 2020-21 Budget: Department of Social Services

Feb 24, 2020 - As a part of the 2019 ‑ 20 b udget, this provision was extended to counties and unions that had not reached a bargaining agreement on or after October 1, 2019. Additionally, a county may be subject to financial penalties if an agreement is not reached under certain conditions —such as if an agreement is not reached following the completion of the fact ‑finding process that issues recommended settlement terms that favor unions more than counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4175

The 2022-23 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 2, 2022 - Overall, whatever grant goal the Legislature selects and chooses to reflect in la nguage, it will want to consider balancing the long ‑term costs associated with SSP grant increases and annual COLAs with the ability to sustain these costs in future years.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514

The 2022-23 Budget: CalHR California Leads Proposal

Feb 28, 2022 - Each bargaining unit is represented by a union in the collective bargaining process. The Governor is represented by CalHR. Through the collective bargaining process, the state and its employees agree to terms and conditions of employment, including salary increases that increase the salary ranges of state job classifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4564

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - . $50 Increase the number of nursing professionals. 90 270 Expanding Social Workers Provide stipends and scholarships to increase the number of social workers and increase diversity among social workers. 70 Increase the number of behavioral health providers, including by supporting psychiatric residency programs. 40 Provide scholarships and loan repayment for multilingual applicants among health
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - These employees are represented at the bargaining table by Service Employees International Union, Local 1000. The state ’s labor agreement with Local 1000 is scheduled to expire June 30, 2023. Without a new agreement, these employees will not receive a compensation increase in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - To be open by February 16, schools would only have a few weeks to complete their reopening plans, arrange routine testing, and develop collective bargaining agreements with their labor unions. It is also unclear whether the state and local health departments have the capacity to provide the support and technical assistance necessary to help schools implement their reopening plans in such a short time frame.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309