The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - Additionally, some of the conditions may be out of the ports ’ immediate control. For example, the ports could struggle with a workforce shortage, irrespective of whether a training campus is available, if the demand for similarly skilled workers increases in other nearby sectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - This amount was reduced further by (1)  excluding the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) from the calculation out of consideration of safety mandates (for example, positions that must be filled at all times) that likely would limit these departments ’ abilities to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21

Jan 10, 2017 - Leave Cash Outs. To the extent authorized by department directors, the proposed agreements allow all affected employees to cash out up to 80 hours of vacation or annual leave each year. This is an increase in the amount of leave employees may cash out for all affected bargaining units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6

Jun 14, 2019 - Leave Cash Out Cost Estimate Assumes All Employees Participate. A large portion —about 45  percent —of the costs the administration identifies in 2019 ‑20 are attributed to the provision of the agreement that would allow employees to cash out up to 80 hours of leave.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4078

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - A GSI applies to all steps in the salary ranges of all classifications represented by the bargaining unit. Establishes PLP 2025 for Unit 18. The agreement would establish PLP 2025 for Unit 18 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - As a pension system matures, its cash flow changes from a positive cash flow (more money coming into the system than is being paid out to beneficiaries) to a negative cash flow (more money is being paid out to beneficiaries than is coming into the system).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Jun 27, 2025 - While “side letters, ” “MOU addenda, ” and “MOUs ” are all rather amorphous terms, the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) laid out its definition of a side letter in a 2011 PERB decision . In that decision, PERB defines a side letter to mean “an agreement between an employer and union that typically: (1) modifies, clarifies or interprets an existing
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - As one point of reference, this is roughly equivalent in size to the state ’s outstanding federal Unemployment Insurance loan taken out during the pandemic that employers are set to repay over the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - As we discuss in our 2013 analysis, After Furloughs: State Workers’ Leave Balances , Unit 6 members’ pay was reduced through furloughs or PLP in 49 of the 60 months across the five fiscal years. In each of these months, Unit 6 members’ pay was reduced by between 4.62 percent and 13.86 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - The agreement specifies that employees should be given maximum discretion to use PLP 2025 leave and that all leave should be used prior to separation from state service. In the event that employees have unused PLP 2025 leave in their leave banks upon separation, the agreement specifies that the employees ’ unused leave would be cashed out upon separation at their final salary level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061