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

Jun 25, 2021 - That study indicated that, statewide, patrol officers were compensated 7 percent above the median employer in the survey. A compensation study from 2008 cannot inform decisions to establish compensation in 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - However, year ‑to ‑date returns are positive and CalSTRS likely would meet or exceed its 7  percent assumption should current trends continue. CalSTRS ’ long ‑term investment return expectation remains 7  percent. 2020 ‑21 Budget Suspended Board ’s Ability to Increase State ’s Contribution Rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

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

Feb 10, 2021 - Specifically, if the average state unemployment rate exceeded 7. 5  p ercent during the first six months of the prior calendar year (in this case, January through June 2020), the state may pay 25  p ercent of the interest due.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - As of March  2025, rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with Unit 9 totaled more than 17,600 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, accounting for about 7  percent of the state ’s total workforce (about 256,000 FTE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The compensation reductions established under these agreements were in effect through 2020-21 and were restored through agreements in 2021-22. Bargaining Concessions Lead to Offsetting Costs Down the Road.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - However, the agreements with Units 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety), 12 (Craft and Maintenance), and 13 (Stationary Engineers) would phase in the restoration of the contribution rate so that the state ’s contribution would not be fully restored until 2029-30.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

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

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

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - As we indicated in our June 25, 2021 analysis of the 2021 Unit 6 agreement with the state, the Unit 6 agreement provided Unit 6 a 2.5 percent GSI in 2022-23 and specified that CCPOA could choose to reopen that agreement should another bargaining unit receive a GSI in 2022 that is greater than 2.5 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

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