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

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

Jun 25, 2021 - This analysis reviews 20 labor agreements received by the Legislature between June 9 and June 15, 2021. The analysis summarizes and provides comments on the agreements. In addition, the analysis provides overarching comments across the 20 agreements and offers recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

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