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

Feb 10, 2021 - As of February 2021, the state has received $18. 5  b illion in federal UI loans to cover state UI benefit costs. (This state debt is only related to paying regular state UI benefits. The state does not need to borrow to pay for the temporary benefit increases and extensions that the federal government enacted during the pandemic because these benefits are 100  p ercent federally funded.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan May 26, 2021 Repaying the State ’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan The Governor ’s 2021 ‑22 May Revision budget proposes $36  million General Fund to pay the first, partial payment on the state ’s outstanding federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) loan and proposes to direct $1.1  billion in federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act funds to pay down a portion of the outstanding loan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - See our May 2021 report for a detailed overview of the state’s UI system. Brief Overview of UI UI Program Assists Unemployed Workers. Overseen by the Employment Development Department (EDD), the UI program provides weekly payments to workers who lost their jobs through no fault of their own.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - As of March  2021, more than 80  percent of unemployed workers live in households with below-average annual income. Unprecedented Federal Relief Has Mitigated Pandemic ’s Impacts. As illustrated in the Figure  1 below, federal relief programs have provided over $150  billion of temporary assistance to Californians during the pandemic, including: Unemployment Insurance (UI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Same tool used in January 2021 to suspend 1.1  million claims. Identity Risk Analytics. Thompson Reuters software contract to allow EDD to review new UI claims daily instead of weekly. Aim of more frequent review is to stop fraud.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - In 2021, the most recent year for which we have injury data, we estimate that 3,500 workers suffered workplace injuries of this severity. Coincidentally, roughly the same number of workers have filed SIBTF claims annually in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We raised concerns in 2019 that CalHR withheld (and continues to withhold) a compensation study it completed in 2018 (see our June 2019 analysis ) and proceeded to not produce compensation studies in 2019, 2020, or 2021 despite new agreements being submitted to the Legislature in those years (see our June 2021 analysis ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Since October 2021, Unit 9 members have been eligible to receive a monthly telework stipend. Employees who are identified as being “remote centered ” are eligible to receive $50 per month. Employees who are identified as “office centered ” are eligible to receive $25 per month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

The 2021-22 Budget: Labor Agreements Ending Personal Leave Program 2020

Jun 25, 2021 - The agreement would provide all Unit 6 members a one-time opportunity to cash out up to 80 hours of leave credit (not including sick leave) in 2021. The agreement specifies that employees who wish to participate in the leave buyback program must submit a request to do so by October 15, 2021 and that the payments would be expected to be issued before November 19, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Sep 7, 2021 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) September 7, 2021 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) On August 16, 2021, the Department of Finance (DOF) submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) a labor agreement between the administration and Bargaining Unit 8.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4451