MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - As we discuss in greater detail below and in our August 2024 analysis , the Legislature approved a reduction of the duty week from 72 hours to 66 hours as part of the 2024-25 budget. Implementation of the 66-hour duty week began in 2024-25 and will continue until at least 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - Current MOU Set Stage to Reduce Duty Week to 66 Hours. Under the current ratified agreement , the state and Local 2881 agreed to reduce the duty week from 72 hours to 66 hours—a 24-hour reduction per pay period—subject to appropriation in the 2024-25 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Under the agreement, the state and union would agree to reduce the duty week from 72 hours to 66 hours —a 24-hour reduction per pay period —subject to appropriation in the 2024-25 budget. The agreement specifies that the reduction to 66 hours would go into effect November 1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Due to one-time costs associated with provisions of the agreement, 2025 ‑26 would be the highest cost year resulting from the agreement, increasing costs in that year by $152  million ($58  million from the General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The administration ’s fiscal estimates indicate that about 235 rank-and-file employees and about 58 excluded employees receive this payment and that the provision would increase annual state costs by $699,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - For example, since 2011 ‑12, men consistently have made up more than 66  percent of the applications received for the academy wit
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - For example, CalSTRS is 66 percent funded as of its most recent actuarial valuation. This means the system’s assets can cover approximately two‑thirds of its total obligations. Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400