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

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Overall, current Unit 6 vacancy rates seem within the range of normal and do not signal extreme challenges in filling positions. Number of Unit 6 Members in Decline. State policy has changed in recent years to result in a decline in the state correctional population (including people in prison and people on parole) and the closure of state prison facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - Compensation Study Voluntary Separation Rates Could Signal Retention Problem. The high voluntary separation rates among Police and Sheriff ’s Patrol Officers and Public Safety Telecommunicators suggests that there could be a retention problem with state employees in these classifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

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 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 7, 2023 - While we cannot say with certainty how these economic conditions will unfold, we have advise d the Legislature to remain cautious as key economic indicators —such as the treasury bond yield curve —have signaled an economic and revenue slowdown could be forthcoming.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4799

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

Sep 1, 2023 - While we cannot say with certainty how these economic conditions will unfold, we have advise d the Legislature to remain cautious as key economic indicators —such as the treasury bond yield curve —have signaled an economic and revenue slowdown could be forthcoming.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

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

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The fact that the vacancy ra te has only dropped 2  percentage points might signal a recruitment or retention problem, however, as we discuss below, there are indicators pointing the other way as well.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

COVID-19: Unemployment Insurance for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020 - In December, 2020, H.R. 133 re-instituted the weekly $300 added benefit for January 1, 2021 to March  14, 2021. On March  11, 2021, H.R. 1319 extended the weekly $300 added benefit through September 6, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208

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