MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Both the 2025-26 May Revision and the budget approved by the Legislature under SB 101 (Wiener) assume that one prison will close by October 2026. Further, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 6 percent decline in the number of correctional officers and bailiffs across the nation by 2033.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 7, 2023 - The administration estimates that extending provisions of the agreement to excluded employees associated with Local 1000 would increase annual state costs an additional $234  million ($101  million General Fund) by 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4799

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575