Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - These efforts added to the already high workload  at  EDD. Under Longstanding EDD Practices, Workers Must Pass Multiple Identity Tests. When an unemployed worker submits a claim for UI payments, EDD confirms the worker ’s identifying information with the federal Social Security Administration and the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Looking Ahead Updated Forecasts Under Two Economic Scenarios —Low Cost and High Cost. To  illustrate state and employer costs to repay the federal UI loans, this analysis updates our earlier low ‑ and high ‑costs forecast scenarios for the state ’s UI  system based on different underlying economic scenarios.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Update to Telecommute/Telework Provisions. The state ’s policy towards telework has evolved substantially since 2020. The proposed agreement would update the provisions in the Unit 10 MOU related to telecommute and telework to be generally consistent with state policy —including the telework stipend program which the Governor initially recommended eliminating as part of his January 2024-25 budget proposal .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

Feb 10, 2021 - Recommendation Adopt Updated $260   Million Estimate of Federal Interest Payment Due. We recommend the Legislature adopt an up ‑to ‑date estimate of the overall interest amount likely due in September.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

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

Sep 1, 2023 - While there currently is one authorized position in this classification, the administration’s fiscal estimates indicate that the administration proposes adding 10.5 additional positions in the classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - In this post, we (1)  provide an update on state and federal stimulus payments to date, (2)  describe the Governor ’s stimulus proposal, and (3)  present two alternatives that would go further toward filling in the gaps in the unprecedented federal pandemic relief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Costs for cities and counties might include adding drainage to roads to manage more intense rain events, or modifying water treatment plants located along the coast to accommodate higher sea levels. …And Private Residents and Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - As always, the precise amounts of these allocations will change in response to updated revenue estimates later this year. Proposed Application of 2023 ‑24 Payment Assumed to Reduce State Costs in 2024 ‑25 by $1.3   Billion General Fund … The administration ’s plan to apply the state ’s 2023 ‑24 payment toward unfunded liability payments in 2024 ‑25 results in $1.3  billion in
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887