MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - While “side letters, ” “MOU addenda, ” and “MOUs ” are all rather amorphous terms, the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) laid out its definition of a side letter in a 2011 PERB decision . In that decision, PERB defines a side letter to mean “an agreement between an employer and union that typically: (1) modifies, clarifies or interprets an existing provision in an MOU; or (2) addresses issues of interest to the parties that are not otherwise covered by the MOU.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jun 27, 2025 - While “side letters, ” “MOU addenda, ” and “MOUs ” are all rather amorphous terms, the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) laid out its definition of a side letter in a 2011 PERB decision . In that decision, PERB defines a side letter to mean “an agreement between an employer and union that typically: (1) modifies, clarifies or interprets an existing provision in an MOU; or (2) addresses issues of interest to the parties that are not otherwise covered by the MOU.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - Between 2011 and 2018, the state General Fund paid a total of $1.4  billion in interest payments on these loans. Many Other States Also Received Federal UI Loans. In addition to California, 17 other states have received federal UI loans to continue paying state benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Specifically, using data reported in the state budget, the number of state employees grew by more than 11  percent from 226,000 state employees in 2011 ‑12 to more than 251,000 state employees in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - For example, since 2011 ‑12, men consistently have made up more than 66  percent of the applications received for the academy wit
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Sep 7, 2021 - Specifically, the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) laid out its definition of a side letter in a 2011 PERB decision . In that decision, PERB defines a side letter to mean “an agreement between an employer and union that typically: (1) modifies, clarifies or interprets an existing provision in an MOU; or (2) addresses issues of interest to the parties that are not otherwise covered by the MOU.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4451

The 2021-22 Budget: Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 10, 2021 - Between 2011 and 2018, the state General Fund paid a total of $1. 4  b illion in interest payments on these loans. Rarely Used Provision of Federal Law Allows States to Defer UI Interest Payments. Under federal law (42 United States Code Section 1322), states are eligible to delay upcoming interest payments on federal UI trust fund loans under certain circumstances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

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

Jun 25, 2021 - This analysis reviews 20 labor agreements received by the Legislature between June 9 and June 15, 2021. The analysis summarizes and provides comments on the agreements. In addition, the analysis provides overarching comments across the 20 agreements and offers recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446