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

Mar 10, 2022 - (Latino Californians comprise about 40  percent of the state ’s population, but only make up roughly 5  percent of physicians.) Workforce Development Programs What Is Workforce Development? Workforce development can include the provision of education and training to connect individuals with jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Unit 19 consists of roughly 5,600 full-time equivalent (FTE) state employees who provide evaluations and assessments of client counseling and consultation or client follow-up service of a health, social, or employment nature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Donovan Correctional Facility received payments of up to $10,000 over the course of the two years of the agreement —up to $5,000 in July 2024 and up to $5,000 in July 2025 depending on tenure. The proposed agreement similarly would provide eligible employees at the same institutions up to $10,000 over the first two fiscal years
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget includes $6  million from the General Fund in 2022 ‑23 for DMV to fund overtime for 200 Licensing Registration Examiners, as well as the necessary office and support staff, so that field offices with wait times of 30 days or more for commercial drive tests can offer additional testing slots on Saturdays.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - For example, since 2011 ‑12, men consistently have made up more than 66  percent of the applications received for the academy wit
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Jun 27, 2025 - DOF then submits the addendum to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), which has up to 30 days to determine if it disagrees with DOF’s determination that an agreement does or does not requires legislative approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Since June 30, 2025, the administration signed tentative agreements with Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists). The Unit 16 agreement is a proposed successor MOU to the expired Unit 16 MOU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - When a position is vacant or filled by an employee at a pay level lower than the department ’s budget assumes, the department captures “salary savings. ” Salary savings means that the appropriation for salaries is higher than needed, thus freeing up funds to be used elsewhere in a department ’s budget —for example, to pay for over time, salary costs above the mid-step, or rising rent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - As a pension system matures, its cash flow changes from a positive cash flow (more money coming into the system than is being paid out to beneficiaries) to a negative cash flow (more money is being paid out to beneficiaries than is coming into the system).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - Payments Totaling up to $2,400 —if Employed Through August 2024. The agreement would provide four payments, each up to $600, over the course of the term of the agreement. The payments would be made in January 2023, August, 2023, January 2024, and August 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617