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

Jun 27, 2025 - In addition, sharing the funding cost with state employees likely strengthens any argument that the benefit is protected under the State Constitution, potentially preventing the Legislature from reducing or modifying the benefit in t he future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Since the 1990s, the costs for this benefit have been among the fastes t growing costs in the state budget. Between 2000-01 and 2024-25, the state ’s inflation-adjusted General Fund pay-as-you-go cost towards these benefits increased by more than 250  percent to $2.8  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - In addition, sharing the funding cost with state employees likely strengthens any argument that the benefit is protected under the State Constitution, potentially preventing the Legislature from reducing or modifying the benefit in t he future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - As such, if the state were to incorporate a DROP as part of its compensation package to Uni t 8 members, the state would bear the risks associated with the program (for example, if actual investment returns fell short of the interest rate applied to funds in a DROP account).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

The 2021-22 Budget: Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 10, 2021 - However, after the administration developed its estimate, the federal government, on December 27, extended the interest accrual waiver from the end of 2020 t hrough March  14, 2021. As a result, the state ’s interest payment for 2021 ‑22 will cover roughly 6 m onths of accrued interest (March   15 t hrough September 30), whereas the administration ’s interest payment estimate reflects 9 m onths of interest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

The 2021-22 Budget: Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages

Feb 10, 2021 - The LWDA was created in 2002 t o ( 1)  i mprove accountability and access to services, ( 2)  e liminate program duplication, and ( 3)  a chieve cost ‑effectiveness. Achieving the objectives identified for the new department appears well within the original and ongoing responsibilities of the LWDA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4361

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers)

Jun 24, 2022 - The administration reports tha t, since 2010, there have been a total of 19 apprentice appointments with the last apprenticeship being completed in August 2021. The departments that employed apprentices during this time included the State Compensation Insurance Fund and the Departments of General Services, State Hospitals, Developmental Services, and Public Health.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4607

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - This pay differential would not be considered compensation for the purposes of retirement contributions bu t would be subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes. Bilingual Pay Differential. The employing agency may designate Unit 10 positions as eligible to receive bilingual pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The agreement specifies that the department currently is testing an external vest carrier and that employees would be able to purchase an external vest carrier and receive the reimbursement after the departmen t has approved use of the equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - In t hat case, some units could receive larger pay increases than others. …And Result in Less Useful Reports in Understanding State ’s Position as an Employer and Effective Use of State Resources. The state ’s recurring total compensation study should be a tool to identify how the state ’s compensation package compares with other large employers broadly across the state as well as regionally.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773