The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals The 2022-23 Budget UC Climate-Related Proposals Summary. The Governor ’s budget includes a total of $185  million one ‑time General Fund for three University of California (UC) climate ‑related proposals focused on research, technology incubators, and workforce development hubs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - To the extent that the lower real average base pay in 2022 is a reflection of past GSIs not keeping pace with inflation, the tentative agreement ’s GSI in 2023 ‑24 would maintain wages, but would not catch up to prior price increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2022-23, the state paid $25.5 billion (all funds) towards employee salaries. Salary-Driven Benefits. A salary-driven benefit is a benefit whose value is, at least in part, dependent on an employee ’s salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - When CalHR did release a compensation study of Unit 6 compensation in 2023 (referred to as the 2022 compensation study because it relies on data from 2022), we were highly critical of the methodology adopted for the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Intentionally holding positions vacant in order to generate salary savings is one common strategy used by d epartments to pay for rising costs of doing business. Turnover. There is always turnover in a workforce as employees promote, separate, or otherwise vacate positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Parties Reached Agreement to Successor MOU in December 2022, but Union Membership Rejected Agreement and Relations Deteriorated. On December 22, 2022, our office received a proposed MOU between the state and Unit 10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Case SA-CE-2168-S. In 2022, UAPD filed a case with PERB against CCHCS. The complaint alleged that CCHCS violated the Dills Act by (1) implementing an integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment program and a Medication Assisted Treatment program without bargaining in good faith with the union and (2) failing to bargain in
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - UC Programs in Medical Education (PRIME) 12.9 c Provide training to promote diversity in the physician workforce and increase number of physicians in underserved areas of the state. a Proposition 56 Funds. b Combined General Fund and Mental Health Services Fund. c Ongoing funding. d Funding for 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - The Legislature ’s decisions related to the 66-hour duty week in 2024-25 should be driven by the the economic conditions facing the state and the Legislature ’s priorities at that time. Interaction With Budget Approved 2022-23 Budget Includes Large Increase to CalFire Budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Study Not Helpful For the reasons described above, we find that CalHR ’s 2022 Unit  6 compensation study is not helpful in assessing how the state ’s total compensation for state correctional officers compares with the six counties included in the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800