MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We raised concerns in 2019 that CalHR withheld (and continues to withhold) a compensation study it completed in 2018 (see our June 2019 analysis ) and proceeded to not produce compensation studies in 2019, 2020, or 2021 despite new agreements being submitted to the Legislature in those years (see our June 2021 analysis ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Jun 25, 2021 - However, the administration did not submit a compensation study in 2019. At the time, the administration indicated that CCPOA and CalHR still had not resolved their methodological differences. In 2019, the Legislature ratified another one-year MOU for Unit 6 (henceforth referred to as the 2019 MOU ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - In our 2019 analysis , we discussed how the sample used in the annual survey could improve upon the existing survey. Non-Salary Payments Seek Justification for Providing Pay for Specified Activities or Qualifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Sep 9, 2025 - The proposed agreement would be in effect through July 1, 2028. This means that the agreement would be in effect for three fiscal years: 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28. Increases Pay in 2025-26 and 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - CalSTRS Experienced Actuarial Loss for 2019 ‑20. Due to extreme market volatility in 2019 ‑20 caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, CalSTRS did not meet its investment return assumption for the year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The agreement specifies CalHR and Local 2881 “to meet on or before February 1, 2026 to allow CAL FIRE Local 2881 an opportunity to present a DROP program to the State. ” We describe DROP policies in the “LAO Comments ” section.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Figure 1 Status of Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings Ratified by Chapter 25 of 2025 (SB 139, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Unit 1 Administrative, Financial, and Staff Services Unit 2
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The current MOU between the state and UAPD expired on July 1, 2025. If the proposed successor MOU is not ratified, the provisions of the expired MOU generally would remain in effect as is required by the Ralph C.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The CalHR compensation study as well as the compensation studies that we discussed in our 2019 Unit 2 MOU analysis clearly demonstrate that Unit 2 compensation lags behind local government and private sector compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - The agreement would be in effect from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. This means that the agreement would be in effect for three fiscal years: 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28. Pay Increases. 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).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061