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

Jul 14, 2025 - This means that the agreement would be in effect for the duration of three fiscal years: 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28 Pay Increases. 2025-26: 3  Percent General Salary Increase (GSI). Effective the first day of the pay period following ratification, the agreement would provide all Unit 16 members a GSI of 3  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Full Employer Costs Likely $2   Billion to $3   Billion Annually. Looking broadly at incoming claims each year, employers likely face lifetime SIBTF costs totaling $2  billion to $3  billion for each cohort of claims that injured workers submit each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Jun 27, 2025 - During PLP 2025, Unit 12 members ’ pay would be reduced by 3  percent in exchange for five hours of PLP 2025 leave credit each month. After accounting for the 3  percent GSI provided by the agreement, the net effect of PLP 2025 would be to essentially hold employees ’ take-home pay flat relative to current levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - 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). Effective July 1, 2025, the agreement would provide all state employees represented by Unit 9 a 3  percent pay increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - The agreement would provide a 3  percent GSI on July 1, 2025 and another 3  percent GSI on July 1, 2027. A GSI adjusts the entire salary range for each classification represented by a bargaining unit, meaning that the pay increase applies to all Unit 6 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - This MOE amount is approximately $3 billion annually, which can be spent directly on CalWORKs or other programs that meet TANF requirements. CalWORKs Provides Cash Assistance and Supportive Services to Low‑Income Families. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - These include: (1)  staffing resources; (2)  laboratory equipment resources and the types of tests that can be performed; (3)  the number and types of tests performed annually over the last several years; and (4)  if applicable, the extent to which existing levels of staffing and equipment allow for testing above current levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - As shown in Figure  3 , despite increases over the last decade, the retail theft rate remains well below historical highs that occurred in the 1980s. Specifically, between 1985 and 2023, the retail theft rate declined by 54  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog]

Jun 3, 2025 - Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog] Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q1) June 3, 2025 Seth Kerstein Background. In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 , which legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/831

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog]

Jun 3, 2025 - Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog] Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q1) June 3, 2025 Seth Kerstein Background. In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 , which legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/831