The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - For example, in the short term, one ‑time funding for additional commercial drive tests through overtime, as proposed by the Governor, would address the pandemic ‑related increased demand for these licenses needed for commercial trucking in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - With Influx of Claims Driving Backlog, Today ’s SIBTF Claimants Might Expect to Wait Ten Years. Injured workers must finalize their subsequent injury workers ’ compensation case before proceeding with their SIBTF claim for additional benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

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

Jun 27, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - While vacancy rates may not ultimately drive the level of savings, errors in the data (1)  undermine the methodology that underpins the assumed level of savings and (2)  could misguide the administration as it seeks to target departments for reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - In more dramatic cases, work in affected industries and sectors could shift substantially—in many cases driving changes that require fewer workers (either due to new practices or a smaller economically viable market) or in some cases calling for a larger workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Since the rejected 2014 MOU , the state and Unit 10 have ratified three subsequent MOUs: a one-year MOU that was established through mediation and expired July 2015, a three-year MOU that expired July 2018, and a two-year MOU that expired July 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - However, the extent to which pay is the driving factor in the vacancy rate increase is unknown. Formula Not Tied to Officers ’ Current Locations. The five jurisdictions used in the formula were the five largest police jurisdictions in California in 1974.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920