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

Aug 25, 2022 - The agreement would provide all Unit 2 members a pay increase of 2.5  percent effective July 1, 2022 and 3  percent effective July 1, 2023. 2023-24 and 2024-25 Top Step Increases for Specified Classifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

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

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 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 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Specifically, employees who have served as a CHP officer for 18 years receive 2  percent of base salary, 19 years receive 3  percent of base salary, 20 years receive 4  percent of base salary, 21 years receive 5  percent of base salary, 22 years receive 6  percent of base salary, and 25 or more years receive 8  percent of base salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Under the agreement, PLP 2025 would (1)  reduce employee pay by 3  percent (effectively holding employee take-home pay flat after accounting for the GSI) and (2)  provide employees five hours of PLP 2025 leave each month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

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

Jul 14, 2025 - As Figure  3 shows, PLP 2025 and the suspension of OPEB prefunding would result in the state ’s Unit 16 compensation costs being lower than present levels in 2025-26. Figure 3 Administration ’s Estimated Fiscal Effect of Proposed Unit 16 Agreement (In Millions) Extend Terms of Agreement to Excluded Employees b ‑3.3 $51.4 $54.8 a State General Fund retiree health
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Full Employer Costs Likely $2   Billion to $3   Billion Annually. Looking broadly at incoming claims each year, employers likely face lifetime SIBTF costs totaling $2  billion to $3  billion for each cohort of claims that injured workers submit each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Specifically, the agreement would (1) extend the term of the current MOU by an additional year, (2) revise the scheduled pay increase in such a way as to reduce the magnitude of the pay increase while increasing the number of employees who would receive the pay increase, and (3) make significant policy changes to the state’s plan to fully fund Unit 12 retiree health benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060