Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Figure 1 Status of Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings Ratified by Chapter 25 of 2025 (SB 139, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Unit 1 Administrative, Financial, and Staff Services Unit 2
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

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

Sep 9, 2025 - The Legislature ratified an agreement with Unit 18 through Chapter  25 of 2025 (SB  139, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) that suspends the state and employee contributions to prefunding retiree health benefits in 2025-26 and 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

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

Jul 14, 2025 - As mentioned above, the Legislature has ratified agreements to achieve budgetary savings in 2025-26 with 19 of the bargaining units—agreements with 18 of these units were ratified through Chapter 25 of 2025 (SB 139, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) and the agreement with Unit 6 (Corrections) was ratified through Chapter 26 of 2025 (SB 140, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The Legislature ratified a side letter between the state and Unit 8 through Chapter 25 of 2025 (SB 139, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review). As indicated in our assessment of the agreements ratified under Chapter 25, the Unit 8 side letter suspended the employer and employee contributions to prefund retiree health benefits (also referred to as Other Post-Employment Benefits, or OPEB).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The proposed agreement would increase how much CASE reimburses affected departments to 137  percent of salary effective the month following ratification, to 139  percent effective July 1, 2023, and to 141  percent effective July 1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

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