MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Between 2000-01 and 2024-25, the state ’s inflation-adjusted General Fund pay-as-you-go cost towards these benefits increased by more than 250  percent to $2.8  billion. The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Due to one-time costs associated with provisions of the agreement, 2025 ‑26 would be the highest cost year resulting from the agreement, increasing costs in that year by $152  million ($58  million from the General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The administration ’s fiscal estimates indicate that about 235 rank-and-file employees and about 58 excluded employees receive this payment and that the provision would increase annual state costs by $699,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Coastal Flooding and Erosion From Rising Sea Levels Sea levels along the California coast are projected to rise by about six inches by 2030 and as much as seven to ten feet by 2100 compared to 2000 levels, depending upon the degree of warming the planet experiences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Between 2000-01 and 2024-25, the state ’s inflation-adjusted General Fund pay-as-you-go cost towards these benefits increased by more than 250  percent to $2.8  billion. The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Between 2000-01 and 2024-25, the state ’s inflation-adjusted General Fund pay-as-you-go cost towards these benefits increased by more than 250  percent to $2.8  billion. The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Between 2000-01 and 2024-25, the state ’s inflation-adjusted General Fund pay-as-you-go cost towards these benefits increased by more than 250  percent to $2.8  billion. The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Most notably, the state established four California Institutes for Science and Innovation at UC in 2000 supporting various applied science industries. The state provided one ‑time General Fund to support the construction of the institutes, and today the institutes receive ongoing General Fund support for their operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538