CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Consistent with the claims trends seen recently, most of these claims will receive 100  percent disability benefits, despite the median major injury receiving a permanent disability rating of 47  percent in the standard workers ’ compensation system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - However, the trend seems to be moving towards CHP officers becoming more diverse. For example, the share of CHP officers who are white and male has decreased from 61  percent in 2017 to 51  percent in 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These trends will be even more severe in some inland counties. For example, in Fresno County, the historical trends of five days of extreme heat per year are projected to increase to 29 days annually between 2035 and 2064 and 43 days annually between 2070 and 2099.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - We do not know the cause of this variation; however, the trend could reflect shifts in the workforce over time that affect the average salary rather than a reflection of past pay increases not keeping pace with inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - Bargaining Unit-Specific Survey Requirements That Use Different Methodologies Make Process Less Transparent … Regularly occurring compensation studies that utilize the same methodologies allow the state, unions, and public to track trends in state compensation across bargaining units and across regions in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - This trend has resulted in the number of Unit  6 members to decrease over the years. The number of Unit  6 members reached a high-water mark of over 32,500 members around 2008 and has steadily declined since then with 26,000 members in 2013 and fewer than 24,500 members in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - In contrast, the leading industries in the San Francisco Bay Area —technology , information, and professional services —are primarily based indoors, leaving workers in that region comparatively more protected from heat, smoke, and variable precipitation trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - However, year ‑to ‑date returns are positive and CalSTRS likely would meet or exceed its 7  percent assumption should current trends continue. CalSTRS ’ long ‑term investment return expectation remains 7  percent. 2020 ‑21 Budget Suspended Board ’s Ability to Increase State ’s Contribution Rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400