MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - In February 2006, after finding that the state had failed to provide a constitutional level of medical care to people in prison, a federal court (in the case now referred to as Plata v. Newsom) appointed a Receiver to take control over the direct management of the state ’s prison medical care delivery system from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - The state ’s leave balance caps are the state ’s main tool to manage state employees ’ leave balances. When an employee approaches or exceeds the cap, managers are supposed to work with the employee to develop a plan to ensure that the employee is able to take time off to keep their leave balance below the applicable cap.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

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

Sep 9, 2025 - When counted with their affiliated managers and supervisors, Unit 18 accounts for about 2.5  percent of the state workforce and 3.8  percent of the state ’s General Fund payroll costs. Recent Compensation Study Found Unit 18 Compensation to Be Above Market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The administration also has authority—subject to appropriation—to provide pay increases to employees excluded from the collective bargaining process (generally, managers and supervisors). In 2022-23, the state paid $25.5 billion (all funds) towards employee salaries.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Unlike the CalHR-developed methodology used for the compensation study of Units 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, and 19, the Unit 6 compensation study uses a methodology that was agreed to at the bargaining table through a Joint Labor Management Committee process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Establishment of Joint Labor Management Committees (JLMCs). The proposed agreement would establish JLMCs for management and employee representatives to collaborate and make recommendations regarding specific issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

Jun 25, 2021 - According to the May 27, 2021 Joint Case Management Conference Statement from the federal court case, Marciano Plata, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, et al (known as Plata v. Newsom), while 71 percent of the incarcerated population in California state prisons has received at least on dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, only 49 percent of correctional staff have had at least one dose of a vaccine.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - The agreement established a Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC) to “determine the changes needed to implement the reduction.” Enacted 2024-25 Budget Includes Funds to Reduce Duty Week. The 2024-25 Governor ’s budget included $199  million ($197  million General Fund) and 338 positions in 2024-25 to begin implementing a shift to a 66-hour duty week as contemplated in the Unit 8 MOU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Both our office and the administration project that the state faces a manageable budget problem this year. The Governor addresses the budget problem primarily with spending ‑related solutions, as shown in the figure below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Range C Special Salary Adjustment Joint Labor Management Committee. The proposed agreement specifies that the state and PECG shall establish a committee to study Range C of 13 Unit 9 classifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620