Tracking Changes From Compact [EdBudget]

Jul 29, 2025 - The one-time back payments planned for 2027-28 are intended to address that UC/CSU did not receive a net unrestricted base increase in 2025-26. Under the state's multiyear budget plan, the state intends to provide UC/CSU with a 5 percent base increase in 2026-27, along with a 2 percent base increase delayed from 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/995

Proposition 98 Key Inputs and Outcomes Under 2025-26 Budget Package [EdBudget]

Jul 21, 2025 - Proposition 98 Key Inputs and Outcomes Under 2025-26 Budget Package [EdBudget]     a Excludes $938 million supplemental payment associated with Proposition 28 (2022). Beginning in 2024-25, this amount is folded into the Proposition 98 guarantee. b Chapter 27 of 2024 (SB 154, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) suspended the Proposition 98 guarantee and set forth this amount as the intended funding level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1004

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

Jul 14, 2025 - As a GSI, this pay increase will apply to all steps of all Unit 16 job classifications ’ salary ranges. 2027-28: 3.5  Percent Top Step Increase. Effective July 1, 2027, the agreement would increase the top step of all Unit 16 job classifications ’ pay ranges by 3.5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Jun 27, 2025 - The agreement would phase this policy into effect with the state and employees each contributing (1)  1.4  percent of pay, for a total of 2.8  percent of pay, in 2027-28; (2)  2.7  percent of pay, for a total of 5.4  percent of pay, in 2028-29; (3)  4.1  percent of pay, for a total of 8.2  percent of pay, in 2029-30; and (4)  an adjustable percentage of pay —not to be adjusted by greater than 0.5  percent of pay in any year —beginning in 2030-31.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - This means that the agreement would be in effect for three fiscal years: 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28. Pay Increases. As specified below, the agreement would provide all Unit 9 members pay increases on July 1, 2025 and on July 1, 2027. 2025-26: 3  Percent General Salary Increase (GSI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - This means that the agreement would be in effect for three fiscal years: 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28. General Salary Increases (GSIs). The agreement would provide a 3  percent GSI on July 1, 2025 and another 3  percent GSI on July 1, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - By comparison, the percentage of individuals in the state who were children decreased from about 28  percent in 2000 to about 22  percent in 2023. ...With About Two Children and 2.5  Individuals Per Case, on Average.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - The Governor ’s 2025-26 budget proposes $27  million General Fund in 2025-26, $20.4  million General Fund in 2026-27, and $16.3  million in 2027-28 and ongoing to support the system. Laboratory Data Exchange (LDX) Project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog]

May 21, 2025 - Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog] Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) May 21, 2025 Seth Kerstein Beginning July 2024, Chapter 231 of 2023 (AB 28, Gabriel) imposed an 11 percent excise tax on retail sales of firearms, firearm precursor parts, and ammunition, with some exemptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/830

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog]

May 21, 2025 - Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog] Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) May 21, 2025 Seth Kerstein Beginning July 2024, Chapter 231 of 2023 (AB 28, Gabriel) imposed an 11 percent excise tax on retail sales of firearms, firearm precursor parts, and ammunition, with some exemptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/830