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

Feb 10, 2021 - Under current state law, weekly UI benefit amounts are intended to replace up to 50  p ercent of a worker ’s prior earnings, up to a maximum of $ 450 p er week, for up to 26 weeks. In 2019, the average benefit amount was $ 330 p er week.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

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

Feb 10, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages The 2021-22 Budget Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages The Governor ’s budget for 2021 ‑ 22 p roposes to consolidate state workforce programs under a new Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4361

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

Sep 1, 2023 - The proposed agreement would increase the to p step of specified classifications ’ salary ranges. Employees who have been at the top step of an eligible classification for at least a year would automatically receive the specified pay increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - For example, the Legislature may wish for this p olicy change to result in reduced overtime and reductions in firefighter fatigue (as opposed to increased overtime). Achieving this goal likely would require significant future increases to staffing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under federal l aw, state and local government employers may continue to exclude some employees from Social Security coverage, but only if those employees are enrolled in a retirement plan that meets federal regulations requiring at least a specified level of benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, lower and warmer water levels in the Sacramento River in the summers of 2014 and 2015 resulted in the death  of 95  p ercent of the river ’s juvenile winter ‑run Chinook salmon in those years —practically  eliminating two out of three existing cohorts of this endangered species.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575