The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2022-23, the state contributed about $2  billion (all funds) towards employee health premiums. Dental and Vision Insurance. The state pays the full premium cost for basic dental and vision benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

Sep 9, 2025 - The study found that the state’s total compensation earned by the two smaller occupations, chemists and epidemiologists, is above market levels by 15 percent and 23 percent, respectively. …But Largest Occupation Compensated Below Market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) June 27, 2025 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) The administration released a proposed labor agreement between the state and Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) on June 23, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) June 23, 2025 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) The administration released a proposed labor agreement between the state and Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) on the evening of June 16, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - This would be the highest pay increase in 2022-23 provided to a bargaining unit since the Unit 6 reopener was approved. Because the second GSI is payable in 2023, it provides a larger pay increase in 2022-23 than received by Unit 6 likely without triggering the Unit 6 reopener.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

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

Jun 27, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance) June 27, 2025 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance) The administration released a proposed labor agreement between the state and Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance) on the evening of June 23, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan The 2022-23 Budget State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan Summary. The 2022 ‑23 Governor ’s Budget proposes $1  billion General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $2  billion in 2023 ‑24 to make state payments on the federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) loans the state received during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The expired Unit  6 MOU included a provision that specified that CCPOA could choose to reopen that agreement if another bargaining were to have received a higher GSI in 2022 ‑23. As we discussed in our August 2022 analysis of the Unit 2 agreement at the time, that particular reopener clause seemed to affect the administration’s negotiating position with other bargaining units in that none of the agreements provided GSIs higher than the Unit 6 GSI in 2022‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals The 2022-23 Budget UC Climate-Related Proposals Summary. The Governor ’s budget includes a total of $185  million one ‑time General Fund for three University of California (UC) climate ‑related proposals focused on research, technology incubators, and workforce development hubs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget provides a total of $1.2  billion over two years ($600  million in 2022 ‑23 and $600  million in 2023 ‑24) for a new goods movement infrastructure program to be administered by CalSTA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540