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

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Sep 12, 2019 - Despite the strong fiscal position of the state in recent years, the pay disparity between Unit 2 members and their local government counterparts persists. Lag a Major Issue at Bargaining Table. Based on information posted on the union ’s website (see public letters from the CASE president from August 14 , 22 , 23 , and 25 ), it seems that the parties intended to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4095

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

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: 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 2020-21 Spending Plan: Pensions [Publication Details]

Oct 12, 2020 - The 2020-21 budget package includes actions related to the state’s two largest pension systems—CalPERS and CalSTRS—that result in immediate savings for the state and school employers, while forgoing significant longer-term savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4279

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 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

The 2021-22 Budget: Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages

Feb 10, 2021 - Legislature Rejected the Same Proposal Last Year. The Governor first proposed to create the Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages last year as part of the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget process. At that time, Legislative budget subcommittee hearings were consolidated due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID ‑1 9) p andemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4361

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