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

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - CalSTRS Experienced Actuarial Loss for 2019 ‑20. Due to extreme market volatility in 2019 ‑20 caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, CalSTRS did not meet its investment return assumption for the year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

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

Jun 25, 2021 - However, the administration did not submit a compensation study in 2019. At the time, the administration indicated that CCPOA and CalHR still had not resolved their methodological differences. In 2019, the Legislature ratified another one-year MOU for Unit 6 (henceforth referred to as the 2019 MOU ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - In our 2019 analysis , we discussed how the sample used in the annual survey could improve upon the existing survey. Non-Salary Payments Seek Justification for Providing Pay for Specified Activities or Qualifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The CalHR compensation study as well as the compensation studies that we discussed in our 2019 Unit 2 MOU analysis clearly demonstrate that Unit 2 compensation lags behind local government and private sector compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

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

Feb 10, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan Introduction The California labor market collapsed in late March and early April due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID ‑1 9) p andemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - State Undid Deferral in 2019 ‑20. The state undid the payroll deferral in 2019 ‑20. To undo the payroll deferral, the state ’s accounting reports reflected the state paying 13 months of payroll in one fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

The 2021-22 Budget: Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages

Feb 10, 2021 - At that time, Legislative budget subcommittee hearings were consolidated due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID ‑1 9) p andemic. Staff raised concerns that the Legislature would not have sufficient time to adequately review the Governor ’s proposal for the new department.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4361

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As we said in 2019 when we reviewed the Unit 6 MOU submitted for ratification that year, CDCR might need to recruit additional women correctional officers to work in its women’s prisons to maintain compliance with Section 2644. 2019 MOU Established Working Group to Develop Recruitment Strategies for Female Staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - As shown in Figure  6 , from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20, the state averaged more than 1,600 schools closed due to wildfires annually, compared to an annual average of about 70 schools from 2008‑09 to 2016‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575