MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We raised concerns in 2018 that CalHR provided no supporting evidence to justify Unit 6 pay increases despite it being required by state law (see our May 2018 analysis ). 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
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - LAO Assessment 2018 Compensation Study Disagree That 2018 Compensation Study Is Confidential Under CPRA. We disagree with the administration ’s assertion that the 2018 compensation study and all information related to it are confidential under the CPRA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Jun 25, 2021 - …But Did Not and Will Not Submit 2018 Compensation Study to the Legislature … When we reviewed the MOU ratified by the Legislature in 2018 (henceforth referred to as the 2018 MOU), the administration indicated it had not resolved their differences on the compensation study with CCPOA and that the administration would not submit it to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Since the rejected 2014 MOU , the state and Unit 10 have ratified three subsequent MOUs: a one-year MOU that was established through mediation and expired July 2015, a three-year MOU that expired July 2018, and a two-year MOU that expired July 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - For example, at the time of the May Revision of the 2018-19 budget, the administration assumed that Unit 5 would receive a GSI of 5.8  percent when it ultimately came in at 6.2 percent . The level of pay increases provided to Unit 5 pursuant to the survey can vary significantly from one year to the next.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Sep 1, 2023 - For example, the vacancy rate increased from 16.6 percent in the 2018 study to 19.6 percent in the most recent study. In calendar year 2022, on average, 25 percent of Unit 12 authorized positions were vacant compared with 19 percent of authorized positions being vacant statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - Between 2011 and 2018, the state General Fund paid a total of $1.4  billion in interest payments on these loans. Many Other States Also Received Federal UI Loans. In addition to California, 17 other states have received federal UI loans to continue paying state benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - Since the rejected 2014 MOU, the state and Unit 10 have agreed to three MOUs (a one-year MOU that expired July 2015 that was established through mediation, a three-year MOU that expired July 2018 , and the two-year MOU that expired July 2020 under which Unit 10 members currently work) and two side letters (a two-year agreement beginning in 2020-21 to reduce employee compensation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - (For more information about this debt, see: The 2017‑18 Budget: The Governor’s CalPERS Borrowing Proposal and The 2018‑19 Budget: Repaying the CalPERS Borrowing Plan .) Debt Payments Must Supplement —Not Supplant —Funding for Two Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A 2018 state report estimated that under current GHG emissions levels, between 45 percent to 56 percent of the natural vegetation in California will be climatically stressed by 2100. Some of these impacts already are evident.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575