Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

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

Sep 1, 2023 - While there currently is one authorized position in this classification, the administration’s fiscal estimates indicate that the administration proposes adding 10.5 additional positions in the classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Over the next few years, this figure will rise as additional lifetime benefit claims make their way through the SIBTF claims process. Looking ahead, it is entirely possible that outstanding employer SIBTF claims could exceed $20  billion within the next few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - To date, the plan has significantly increased contributions from the state and employers to achieve this goal, and is on track to pay down most UAO over the next few decades. The existence of the funding plan represents a significant accomplishment for the state and has put CalSTRS on a much more sustainable path.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - Another estimate of likely fraud in the state ’s program (based on findings in the administration ’s strike team report) suggests that state UI fraud during the pandemic could be much smaller —just $100  million in fraud out of $35  billion in benefits paid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Coastal Flooding and Erosion From Rising Sea Levels Sea levels along the California coast are projected to rise by about six inches by 2030 and as much as seven to ten feet by 2100 compared to 2000 levels, depending upon the degree of warming the planet experiences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - If the agreement is not ratified, that $206.8  million would be invested in the prefunding trust fund and given the next two decades to grow. If the fund averaged an annual return of 5  percent over the next 20 years, the $206.8  million would more than double to nearly $550  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - When it acts on the 15 agreements, the Legislature will be setting the state ’s policies as an employer for most of the workforce and will be approving a spending plan for General Fund state employee compensation for at least the next couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

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

Mar 10, 2022 - Much  of the data about workforce shortages pre ‑date the onset of the COVID ‑19 pandemic, however, some information is available. For example, in 2021, UCSF researchers found that the state currently is experiencing a shortage of registered nurses due to the impacts of the COVID ‑19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572