Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - The extent to which climate change will impact workers and employers will depend directly upon that the degree to which local governments, private businesses, and the state prepare in the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - School Behavioral Health Counselors and Coaches 338.0 (across five years) As part of broader Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, provide grants to a variety of entities to increase number of behavioral health counselors, coaches, and peer support specialists in schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - For occupations requiring less than a bachelor ’s degree, the state ’s programs are primarily concentrated at high schools, community colleges, and local workforce development boards. These programs identify state and regional workforce needs, support credit and noncredit coursework in career ‑focused fields, and provide a variety of other training opportunities (including apprenticeships).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - This amount was five times greater than the peak seen during the Great Recession and 15 to 25 times greater than typical workload at EDD. Figure  1 shows a timeline of this and other key events related to UI during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget provides a total of $1.2  billion over two years ($600  million in 2022 ‑23 and $600  million in 2023 ‑24) for a new goods movement infrastructure program to be administered by CalSTA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Under the high ‑cost scenario, the state ’s full economic recovery is delayed several years, and interest rates paid on the UI loans increase gradually over the next several years. Loan Will Take Many Years to Repay Under Either Scenario.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Sep 7, 2021 - Specifically, Section 19829.5 of the Government Code specifies that CalHR “shall provide a memorandum of understanding pursuant to Section 3517.5 to the Legislative Analyst who shall have 10 calendar days from the date the tentative agreement is received to issue a fiscal analysis to the Legislature. […] The memorandum of understanding shall not be subject to legislative
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4451

The 2021-22 Budget: Labor Agreements Ending Personal Leave Program 2020

Jun 25, 2021 - Pursuant to the agreement, between 2021 ‑22 and 2024 ‑25, the amount contributed by employees would increase and the amount contributed by the state would decrease such that employees and the state each contribute 3.4  percent of pay beginning in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - The federal UI tax rate continues to increase by increments of 0.3  percentage points each year until the loans are fully repaid, at which point the federal tax returns to its usual rate of 0.6  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - Over the last year, most low- and middle-income Californians received three federal stimulus checks totaling $3,200 per adult and $2,500 per child. For example, an eligible family of four received $11,400 in federal stimulus payments over the past year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435