MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The share of Unit  6 members who are at the top step of the correctional officer salary range has decreased from 71  percent in 2013 to 57  percent in 2021. This is consistent with the fact that state correctional officers tend to have fewer years of service today than they did in 2013.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 2 (Attorneys and Hearing Officers)

Aug 29, 2016 - While the administration ’s plan seems to be to keep making pay-as-you-go benefit payments for many years, the new arrangement would begin to fund “normal costs ” each year for the future retiree health benefits earned by today ’s Unit 2 workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3495

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Today, the average Unit 12 member has seven years of service. Declining Share of Employees at Top Step. Figure  2 shows that the share of Unit 12 members who are at the top step of their job classification ’s pay range has decreased significantly over the past couple of decades and appears to be continuing to decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Savings Plus Program: An Optional Retirement Benefit for State Employees

Mar 14, 2017 - In addition, an optional deferred compensation program —known today as the Savings Plus Plan —has existed since 1974 in order to encourage retirement savings and increase savings options available to state employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3616

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety)

Jun 24, 2016 - While the administration ’s plan seems to be to keep making pay-as-you-go benefit payments for many years, the new arrangement would begin to fund “normal costs ” each year for the future retiree health benefits earned by today ’s Unit 7 workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3486

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - With Influx of Claims Driving Backlog, Today ’s SIBTF Claimants Might Expect to Wait Ten Years. Injured workers must finalize their subsequent injury workers ’ compensation case before proceeding with their SIBTF claim for additional benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Mar 14, 2017 - These proposed pay and benefit increases —along with the state contributions to match employee payments to a retiree health funding account —would be a significant new budgetary commitment for the state with both near- and long-term effects on state obligations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3617

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Compared with spending levels today, the administration estimates that the agreement would result in General Fund savings of $120.2  million in 2025-26 and $69.8  million in 2026-27. After PLP 2025 ends and the state resumes making contributions to prefund OPEB, the administration estimates that the state ’s annual General Fund costs would be $412.2  million higher than today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Lower Costs Today in Exchange for Higher Costs Later. Suspending both the employer and employees ’ contributions to prefund OPEB for two years reduces costs today but contributes to a significant and growing unfunded liability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Jan 23, 2017 - These proposed pay and benefit increases —along with the state contributions to match employee payments to a retiree health funding account —would be a significant new budgetary commitment for the state with both near-and long-term effects on state obligations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3534