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

Jun 27, 2025 - The state and Unit 12 agreed to this prefunding arrangement in 2017 with the fund expected to be fully funded for Unit 12 within 30 years (we note that the state and Unit 12 had agreed to some prefunding of this benefit in 2013, as described in the actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2016).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - The state and Unit 6 agreed to this prefunding arrangement in 2016 with the fund expected to be fully funded for Unit 6 by 2048. Today, the state and employees represented by Unit 6 each contribute 4 percent of pay to prefund the benefit for Unit 6 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Employees who have worked more than 84 consecutive months would not be eligible for any additional payment; however, the agreement would provide eligible employees who were hired prior to August 1, 2016 and who never received Pay Differential 324 a one-time $10,000 payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - For Unit 6, the arrangement was established in the MOU that was ratified in 2016, reducing the benefit for employees hired after 2017. Per the Unit 6 MOU, the state and all Unit 6 members each pay 4 percent of pay to prefund the benefit, which is roughly one-half of the total normal cost for the benefit earned by employees hired before 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - Chapter 839 of 2016 (SB 1167, Mendoza) required the Cal/OSHA Standards Board to issue indoor heat illness prevention regulations by January 1, 2019. The board delayed meeting this deadline and as of this writing is still working on preparing preliminary indoor heat regulations in accordance with SB 1167.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

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

Jun 25, 2021 - Administration Completed a 2018 Compensation Study … Prior to 2016, the Unit 6 MOU did not include a provision related to the compensations study required by Section 19826. The MOU ratified by the Legislature in 2016 (henceforth referred to as the 2016 MOU) included language related to the compensation study required by state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - As shown in Figure  6 , from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20, the state averaged more than 1,600 schools closed due to wildfires annually, compared to an annual average of about 70 schools from 2008‑09 to 2016‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575