The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Proposition 2 Proposition   2 Contains Annual Debt Payment Requirement. Proposition  2 created new rules regarding: (1)  deposits into the state ’s rainy ‑day fund and (2)  accelerating payments toward certain eligible debts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis [Publication Details]

Aug 25, 2022 - Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4619

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis August 25, 2022 Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis On August 22, 2022, our office received a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and Bargaining Unit 2 (Attorneys and Hearing Officers).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

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 - A changing climate presents California with five key climate hazards: (1)  higher temperatures and extreme heat events, (2)  more severe wildfires, (3)  more frequent and intense droughts, (4)  flooding due to extreme precipitation events, and (5)  coastal flooding and erosion from sea ‑level rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Sep 9, 2025 - The 2024 MOU included pay increases in 2025-26 of (1)  between 4  percent and 5  percent for employees at the top step of their classification ’s salary range and (2)  3  percent for employees not at the top step of their classification ’s salary range.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Unit 8 rank-and-file, managerial, and supervisorial employees account for less than 4  percent of the total FTE in the state workforce and about 4  percent of the state ’s General Fund payroll expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jun 27, 2025 - The agreement would phase this policy into effect with the state and employees each contributing (1)  1.4  percent of pay, for a total of 2.8  percent of pay, in 2027-28; (2)  2.7  percent of pay, for a total of 5.4  percent of pay, in 2028-29; (3)  4.1  percent of pay, for a total of 8.2  percent of pay, in 2029-30; and (4)  an adjustable percentage of pay —not to be adjusted by greater than 0.5  percent of pay in any year —beginning in 2030-31.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

Jul 14, 2025 - OPEB = Other Post ‑Employment Benefits and Local 1000 = Nine bargaining units represented by Service Employee International Union, Local 1000: Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21. Telework Stipend.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064