MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - Current MOU Set Stage to Reduce Duty Week to 66 Hours. Under the current ratified agreement , the state and Local 2881 agreed to reduce the duty week from 72 hours to 66 hours—a 24-hour reduction per pay period—subject to appropriation in the 2024-25 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - As we discuss in greater detail below and in our August 2024 analysis , the Legislature approved a reduction of the duty week from 72 hours to 66 hours as part of the 2024-25 budget. Implementation of the 66-hour duty week began in 2024-25 and will continue until at least 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - Recommendations Evaluate Whether Adopting New 66‑Hour Workweek Is Affordable at This Time Given Significant General Fund Shortfall. We recommend the Legislature not treat the decision about whether to fund the implementation of a 66‑hour workweek as one that has already been made.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

Annual Tuition and Fees by Higher Education Segment [EdBudget]

Jul 22, 2025 - For 2025-26, the Board of Regents increased the rates for 66 of these program (an average of 6.7 percent), held rates flat for 6 programs, and reduced rates for 1 program. Three new graduate professional programs were started (Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Technologies, Applications, and Research at UC Santa Cruz; Doctor of Nursing Practice at UC Los Angeles; and Public Health at UC Riverside). d For 2025-26, we assume campus fees increase on average by 5 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/975

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Under the agreement, the state and union would agree to reduce the duty week from 72 hours to 66 hours —a 24-hour reduction per pay period —subject to appropriation in the 2024-25 budget. The agreement specifies that the reduction to 66 hours would go into effect November 1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - After approving the budget act, the Legislature ratified an MOU between the state and the union representing CalFire that includes additional provisions to implement the 66‑hour duty week. The terms of this agreement will increase these costs as the reduction in duty week hours is put in place beyond the amounts envisioned in the budget act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget includes $66  million in 2024 ‑25, $72  million in 2025 ‑26, and $73  million in 2026 ‑27 from the Public Transportation Account through Caltrans to support Intercity Passenger Rail Program operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Key Recent State Wildfire Response Augmentations a CalFire —Implementation of 66 ‑Hour Workweek.  $199 million and 338 positions in fiscal year 2024 ‑25, rising to $770 million and 2,457 permanent positions on an ongoing annual basis by 2028 ‑29 to implement a shift from a 72 ‑hour to a 66 ‑hour workweek for CalFire firefighters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - Of the school ’s core funding, 66  percent comes from student tuition and fee revenue and 31  percent comes from state General Fund. The  small amount of remaining core funding comes from various sources, including the State Lottery Fund, certain investment earnings, and income from scholarly publications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - Implements Shift to a 66-Hour Workweek. As shown in Figure  16, the budget includes $199  million ($197  million from the General Fund) and 338  positions in fiscal year  2024 ‑25 to begin implementing a shift to a 66-hour workweek as contemplated in a 2022 memorandum of understanding between the state and the union representing CalFire firefighters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928