Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Location-Specific Payments Administration Provides No Supporting Evidence That Institutions Are “Hard to Fill. ” The administration provides no evidence or justification to support the claim made by the agreement that the eligible institutions are hard to fill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Sep 9, 2025 - The Unit 10 agreement itself and the supporting documents posted by the administration characterize the agreement as a side letter to the 2024 MOU. As we discuss in greater detail in the “LAO Comments ” section, for purposes of determining whether our office is required to issue an analysis of the Unit 10 agreement, we consider the proposed agreement to be a successor agreement to the 2024 MOU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Moreover, the 2021 ‑22 budget added many new one ‑time initiatives to further assist first ‑time entry and re ‑entry into the workforce. Though these initiatives were supported with one ‑time funding, the state will continue to implement and spend these funds in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - To ensure that an anti ‑fraud emphasis does not come at the expense of prompt and straightforward payments, the strike team recommended that new anti ‑fraud proposals must be supported by data and take into consideration how the new protocols might impact legitimate claimants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, the Legislature might consider adopting statewide guidance and standards, assessing and addressing data gaps, offering support and coordination, and providing targeted fiscal support. The Legislature also will want to think about steps the state can take—and avoid taking—to ensure it does not exacerbate climate impacts, as well as how to prioritize across its various climate response priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - In other cases, it is defined to include a broader set of health professions such as social workers, physicians, and psychiatrists (in ad dition to the caregiving occupations just mentioned). For the purposes of this post, we define the care economy according to the latter approach, encompassing a broad range of health and human services professions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - While there currently is one authorized position in this classification, the administration’s fiscal estimates indicate that the administration proposes adding 10.5 additional positions in the classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - In 2018, the Legislature approved and the Governor signed Chapter  174 ( AB 2550 , Weber), adding Section 2644 of the Penal Code. This law seeks to protect females in prison from sexual assault, abuse, and other improper contact with male correctional officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800