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

Sep 9, 2025 - Unit 18 Workforce and Compensation Unit 18 Affiliated Employees Represent 2.5  Percent of State Workforce. Unit 18 represents about 6,000 FTE rank-and-file state employees. When counted with their affiliated managers and supervisors, Unit 18 accounts for about 2.5  percent of the state workforce and 3.8  percent of the state ’s General Fund payroll costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Effective the first day of the pay period following ratification, all Unit 8 members would receive a GSI of 2.5  percent. As a GSI, this pay increase will increase all steps of all salary ranges of each classification represented by Unit 8.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Figure 3 Administration ’s Estimated Fiscal Effect of Proposed Unit 16 Agreement (In Millions) Extend Terms of Agreement to Excluded Employees b ‑3.3 $51.4 $54.8 a State General Fund retiree health prefunding costs are paid using funds required to be expended under Proposition 2 (2014). b This is an indirect cost that would result from the agreement being ratified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2022-23, providing dental and vision benefits to state employees cost the state $98  million (all funds). Retiree Health Benefits. The state pays a portion of CalPERS health premium costs for eligible retired state employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Figure 1 Administration ’s Estimated Fiscal Effect of Proposed Unit 12 Agreement (In Millions) Extension of Terms to Excluded Employees b ‑2.3 $18.4 $52.0 a State General Fund retiree health prefunding costs are paid using funds required to be expended under Proposition 2 (2014). b This is an indirect cost that would result from the agreement being ratified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Studies designed by the b argaining table typically rely on non-representative samples of employers (for example, only comparing the state ’s compensation with local government employers in high-cost coastal communities) and do not accurately compare total compensation across employers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058