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

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 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - This provision under the agreement would apply to all state employees represented by Unit 8 except employees who work in the classification of Battalion Chief or in a “specialty class. ” (Specialty classes include Forestry Assistant I and II; Forestry Technician; Forestry Aide; Aviation Officer I, II, and III [Flight Operations]; Aviation Officer
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

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

The 2021-22 Budget: Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages

Feb 10, 2021 - The LWDA was created in 2002 t o ( 1)  i mprove accountability and access to services, ( 2)  e liminate program duplication, and ( 3)  a chieve cost ‑effectiveness. Achieving the objectives identified for the new department appears well within the original and ongoing responsibilities of the LWDA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4361

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

Feb 10, 2021 - The federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, enacted in March   2020 i n response to the COVID ‑ 19 p andemic, allows states to waive interest accrued during calendar year 2020 o n federal UI loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Included among these proposals is $169  million General Fund in 2022-23 ($164.3  million General Fund ongoing) to pay for 827 positions to staff and support 17 new Firefighter I crews and fund associated equipment and special repairs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - For example, an Attorney I, Attorney II, Attorney, III, and Attorney IV are each unique state job classifications but are part of the same broad occupation category. Accordingly, state compensation studies tend to focus on occupations rather than job titles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Sep 7, 2021 - The administration’s fiscal estimates take into consideration the growth in CalFire staffing levels and assume that staffing at CalFire increases by 565 full-time-equivalent employees—relative to staffing levels in 2020-21—about 85 percent of these positions are in the Firefighter I classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4451

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

Jun 25, 2021 - First, no later than six months after ratification, the state would present to SPB a proposal to consolidate a majority of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) I and II classifications into one statewide classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446