The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - After approving the budget act, the Legislature ratified an MOU between the state and the union representing CalFire that includes additional provisions to implement the 66‑hour duty week. The terms of this agreement will increase these costs as the reduction in duty week hours is put in place beyond the amounts envisioned in the budget act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Figure 23 2018 ‑19 Funding From Proposition 68 Resources Bond ( In Millions) Groundwater cleanup and management, safe drinking water 177.3 Salton Sea, river and parkway recreation, green infrastructure 126.2 San Francisco Bay restoration, coastal forests 53.7 Watershed Improvement Program, habitat restoration 36.3 Habitat restoration, LA River restoration 34.0 Marine wildlife,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/9

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - Conditional Commitment to Provide Tax Credit Related to Union Dues. The budget agreement includes language to potentially provide a tax credit to offset paid union dues. Currently union dues are deductible from state income taxes, meaning they reduce the amount of income on which individuals owe tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - The Legislature and union members ratified new memoranda of understanding (MOUs) between the state and 14 state bargaining units. These bargaining units include the nine units represented by Services Employees International Union, Local 1000 (Units 1 [Administrative Financial, and Staff Services], 3 [Professional Educators and Librarians], 4 [Office and Allied],
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The 2017 ‑18 budget package gives counties and unions the ability to appeal to PERB and engage in mediation or a fact ‑finding process if a bargaining agreement is not reached by January  1, 2018. In addition, the department shall update the Legislature on the status of all IHSS bargaining contracts by April  1, 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/8

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - In addition, trailer legislation allows counties and unions to appeal to the Public Employment Relations Board if they cannot reach a bargaining agreement, under certain conditions. For background on the IHSS cost ‑sharing structure and a discussion of the 2017 ‑18 changes, see the “Action on the Coordinated Care Initiative ” section.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/7

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 5, 2020 - The Legislature (1) directed the administration to seek to achieve these savings through the collective bargaining process and (2) authorized the administration to impose furloughs if the administration and unions could not reach agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4263

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Assuming union members ratify agreements with Bargaining Units 9 and 10, the state has active memoranda of understanding (MOU) with 20 o f the 21 state rank ‑and ‑file employee bargaining units. (The MOU with Bargaining Unit 5 [Highway Patrol] expired in July 2018.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/12

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