The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The state ’s cost depends on (1)  when the employee was hired, (2)  the employee ’s number of years of service, and (3)  whether or not the employee is eligible to enroll in Medicare. In 2022-23, the state paid about $2  billion (all funds) towards retiree health premiums Past Policies to Provide Immediate Budgetary Relief Employee compensation is a significant cost, constituting more than one-half of General Fund state operations costs .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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 Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - The study found that the state’s total compensation earned by the two smaller occupations, chemists and epidemiologists, is above market levels by 15 percent and 23 percent, respectively. …But Largest Occupation Compensated Below Market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) June 27, 2025 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) The administration released a proposed labor agreement between the state and Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) on June 23, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) June 23, 2025 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) The administration released a proposed labor agreement between the state and Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) on the evening of June 16, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Jun 27, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance) June 27, 2025 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance) The administration released a proposed labor agreement between the state and Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance) on the evening of June 23, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan The 2022-23 Budget State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan Summary. The 2022 ‑23 Governor ’s Budget proposes $1  billion General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $2  billion in 2023 ‑24 to make state payments on the federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) loans the state received during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

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

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Recent budgets have allocated or planned tens of billions of dollars for one ‑time or temporary spending purposes in 2021 ‑22, 2022 ‑23, and 2023 ‑24. The Legislature can select an entirely different set of spending solutions to address the budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - The proposed agreement would increase the longevity pay differentials by 2  percentage points so that employees with 17 or 18 years of service would receive an additional 3  percent of pay (compared to 1  percent now); 19 years of service would receive an additional 4  percent of pay (compared to 2  percent now); 20 years of service would receive an additional 5  percent of pay
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621