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

Sep 9, 2025 - The facilities where Unit 18 members work provide care to patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When there are not enough psychiatric technicians scheduled to adequately provide care to patients —either due to lack of resources, unexpected absences, scheduling error, emergency, or other causes —the state may require staff to work overtime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - The proposed agreement specifies that, notwithstanding the implementation of the 66-hour duty week for compensation purposes, upon ratification or on November 25, 2024, whichever date is later, Unit 8 members assigned to Shift Pattern 1 would be placed in either a “Modified Kelly” (also known as a 48/96 work schedule where employees work two consecutive 24-hour shifts on duty
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Apply 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25 Proposition   2 Payments to Supplant State CalPERS Contributions in 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26. Proposition  2 prevents the state from using a required debt repayment from supplanting funding that would otherwise be made available in the “fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year. ” In this case, the 2023 ‑24 Proposition  2 payment cannot supplant the state ’s payments in 2023 ‑24 or 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The survey found that while both state and local firefighters work 24-hour shifts, state firefighters work more days of the year (156 days compared with 121 days for the local fire departments in the survey).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - The case inventory grew from 7,000 in 2015 ‑16 to 22,000 in 2023 ‑24, while more recent trends suggests the case inventory now sits around 25,000 claims. With Influx of Claims Driving Backlog, Today ’s SIBTF Claimants Might Expect to Wait Ten Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Sep 1, 2023 - This means that the agreement would be in effect for three fiscal years (2023 ‑24, 2024 ‑25, and 2025 ‑26). Provisions Related to Pay 2023 ‑24 Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs). The proposed agreement would provide all Unit 12 members specified SSAs effective July 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - (To avoid accruing additional unfunded liability, we recommend the state develop a funding plan as part of the 2023-24 budget if the Legislature chooses to implement this approach.) This would effectively give employees a pay increase in 2023-24 without increasing state costs in 2023-24 and improve upon the existing s trategy to prefund retiree health benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - A GSI provides the same salary increase to all employees represented by the bargaining unit. 2023 ‑24 GSI: 3  Percent. Effective July 1, 2023, all Unit 19 employees would receive a 3  percent salary increase. 2024 ‑25 GSI: 2.5  Percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Between 2009-10 and 2010-11, Unit 6 members’ pay was reduced by 13.86 percent for 20 of the 24 months across the two fiscal years. As of December 2024, Unit 6 members have 131,427 hours of unused furlough or PLP hours in their leave balances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Under these estimates and assumptions, the state would end 2023 ‑24 with $3.8  billion in the SFEU. Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662