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 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Imposing Compensation Reductions on Bargaining Units With Active MOUs Weakens Labor Relations. The Legislature has the authority to not fund provisions of a ratified MOU and to impose reductions on bargaining units with active MOUs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Unit 12 Agreement Sets Precedent for Bargaining Units With Active MOUs. Unit 12 is one of 14 bargaining units with MOUs that are scheduled to expire some time after 2025-26. The proposed agreement with Unit 12 is the first concession agreement submitted to the Legislature for one of these bargaining units with active agreements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

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

Sep 9, 2025 - Increases State Contributions to Active Employee Health Premiums. The state contributes a flat dollar amount towards Unit 18 members ’ health benefits. The agreement would adjust the state ’s contribution to be equivalent to the “80/80 ” formula where the state contributes 80  percent of the average premium for employees and 80  percent of the average premium for additional family members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Consulting contract with Executive Information Systems to improve reporting of potentially fraudulent activity and crossmatching that data with Department of State Hospitals patient data or California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation  records.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - If control sections similar to those included at May Revision are included in the final budget, this agreement could serve as a precedent for any policies that the administration might impose on any of the other 20 bargaining units (whether they have an active MOU or not).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - All five of the state ’s pension plans (1)  have a ratio of more members receiving benefits than active members contributing to the plan and (2)  are becoming more mature. The Highway Patrol pension plan is among the most mature state plans with 9,951 members receiving benefits and 6,643 active members contributing (as of June 30, 2022), a ratio of 66.8  percent
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Moreover, the 2021 ‑22 budget added many new one ‑time initiatives to further assist first ‑time entry and re ‑entry into the workforce. Though these initiatives were supported with one ‑time funding, the state will continue to implement and spend these funds in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538