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

Sep 9, 2025 - Beginning in 2030-31, both the employer and employee contributions under the agreement would fluctuate as a percentage of pay so that the employer and employee each contribute one-half of the normal cost of the benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - The vacancy rate across state civil service classifications has fluctuated in recent years from 15  percent in 2019 to 21  percent in 2023 to 17  percent as of May 31, 2025. Though much lower than statewide vacancy rates, the vacancy rate among Unit 6 classifications also has fluctuated from 8  percent in 2019 to 13  percent in 2023 to 9  percent as of May 31, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

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

Jul 14, 2025 - In the case of dentists, the vacancy rate was 10  percent, which is much lower than the statewide average 21  percent vacancy rate and the 31  percent vacancy rate across Unit 16 positions. While the study indicated that state dentists are retiring at higher rates than statewide or other Unit 16 positions, the elevated retirement rate does not seem to be affecting the state ’s ability to fill dentist positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - As of August 31, 2023, the vacancy rates of the three occupational groups included in the compensation study were 11  percent in the case of Dentists, 23  percent in the case of Family Medicine Physicians, and 46  percent in the case of Psychiatrists.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801

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

Jun 27, 2025 - The agreement would phase this policy into effect with the state and employees each contributing (1)  1.4  percent of pay, for a total of 2.8  percent of pay, in 2027-28; (2)  2.7  percent of pay, for a total of 5.4  percent of pay, in 2028-29; (3)  4.1  percent of pay, for a total of 8.2  percent of pay, in 2029-30; and (4)  an adjustable percentage of pay —not to be adjusted by greater than 0.5  percent of pay in any year —beginning in 2030-31.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - As of December 31, 2023, two employees represented by Unit 10 had vacation balances and two employees had annual leave ba lances that exceeded the established caps. Holiday Credit for Working on Observed Holidays.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - While we do not know the statewide average participation rate today, CalHR informs us that, as of July 31, 2023, 87 percent of Unit 6 members have a Savings Plus account and that 57 percent of Unit 6 members contributed to their Savings Plus account in July 2023 with an average contribution amount of $387 to a 457(b) account and $353 to a 401(k) account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800