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

Jun 27, 2025 - Figure  3 shows the average monthly salaries of Unit 12 members, adjusted for inflation. The figure shows a significant decline in average adjusted monthly salary for Unit 12 members over the past couple of decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Figure  1 shows the administration ’s estimated fiscal effects of the proposed agreement. As the figure shows, PLP 2025 and the suspension of OPEB prefunding would result in the state ’s Unit 9 compensation costs being lower than present levels through 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - As Figure 1 shows, the exact terms of PLP 2025 varies by bargaining unit. Generally, PLP 2025 offsets employee pay in exchange for hours of leave in each month of PLP 2025. The duration of PLP 2025 generally is 24 months across 2025-26 and 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - Although the figure shows the administration ’s estimate of possible state fraud during the pandemic, a more reliable estimate of likely fraud in state UI benefits comes from an audit of claims in 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Figure  1 shows how these proposals are distributed by program area. (Appendix 3, also provides a list of these proposals.) As the figure shows, most of the discretionary increases are to finance some capital outlay projects with cash instead of lease revenue bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - As Figure  3 shows, compared with 2015, a lower proportion of Unit 6 members are paid at the top step of their salary range. This indicates that there is less seniority among Unit 6 members than a decade ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - Figure 1 shows that, controlling for inflation, the Receiver’s actions significantly increased the average Unit 16 base pay. The figure also shows that Unit 16’s average base pay generally has kept pace with inflation over the past 20 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - As Figure  1 shows, the exact terms of PLP 2025 varies by bargaining unit. Generally, PLP 2025 offsets employee pay in exchange for hours of leave in each month of PLP 2025. The duration of PLP 2025 generally is 24 months across 2025-26 and 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Furthermore, as Figure  6 shows, the six counties in the study have far higher housing costs (a major component of the cost of living) than the six counties with the highest concentration of Unit  6 worksites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - As the figure shows, total compensation costs for Unit 5 is significantly larger than Unit 6, but this is driven in large part by the state ’s payment to pension unfunded liabilities rather than significant differences in take home pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920