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

Sep 9, 2025 - The disagreement primarily stems from union-raised pay equity concerns between two sets of employees: (1)  between Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) and Unit 10 rank-and-file workers and (2)  between unit 10 rank-and-file workers and their supervisors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - The disagreement primarily stems from union-raised pay equity concerns between two sets of employees: (1)  between Unit 9 and Unit 10 rank-and-file workers and (2)  between unit 10 rank-and-file workers and their supervisors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

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

Sep 1, 2023 - For example, Unit 12 miscellaneous members pay 10 percent of pay to fund the benefit when most other state employees in that pension tier pay 8 percent or 8.5 percent of pay. The proposed agreement would reduce Unit 12 members’ employee contribution rates towards their pension benefits by 0.5 percent of pay effective July 1, 2024 and again July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - The Unit 10 agreement is a side letter related to the administration ’s telework policy and does not include provisions to reduce employee compensation. As a proposed MOU, the Unit 16 agreement is subject to our review under Section 19829.5.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Effective July 1, 2024, the proposed agreement would create two additional tiers to the senior CHP officer pay so that employees with 27 years as a CHP officer would receive 10  percent of base salary and employees with 28 or more years as a CHP officer would receive 12  percent of base salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - The proposed MOU would be in effect from July 1, 2024 through July 1, 2027. Provisions Related to Pay Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) for Employees at Top Step Vary by Classification. The proposed agreement would increase the top steps of Unit 10 classifications by between (1)  6  percent and 12  percent in 2024-25, (2)  4  percent and 5  percent in 2025-26, and (3)  4  percent and 5  percent in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, a  2015   economic assessment  by the Risky Business Project estimated that if current global GHG emission trends continue, between $8 billion and $10 billion of existing property in California is likely to be underwater by 2050, with an additional $6 billion to $10 billion at risk during high tide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Jul 14, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists) July 14, 2025 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists) On July 10, 2025, our office received from the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) a proposed successor memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and Bargaining Unit 16.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Specifically, Section 19829.5 of the Government Code specifies that CalHR “shall provide a memorandum of understanding pursuant to Section 3517.5 to the Legislative Analyst who shall have 10 calendar days from the date the tentative agreement is received to issue a fiscal analysis to the Legislature. […] The memorandum of understanding shall not be subject to legislative
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - For example, in March  2025, there were 24,498 FTE Unit 6 members —10  percent lower than the number of FTE Unit 6 members ten years ago in April 2015 (26,835). We expect the number of Unit 6 members to continue to decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058