The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - In 2024 ‑25, the state began to reduce its firefighter duty week from a 72 ‑hour workweek to a 66 ‑hour workweek, consistent with a 2022 memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and the CalFire firefighters ’ union.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - . $3,003 a CCC Strong Workforce Program Provides funding to community college districts and regional consortia to increase the availability and quality of CTE programs. 290 b CCC Apprenticeships Supports the classroom instruction component of existing apprenticeship programs, as well as grants to support the launch of new apprenticeship programs in nontraditional sectors. 66
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - This total includes $305  million and 902 positions in 2025-26 to continue implementing CalFire ’s shift to a 66-hour workweek, which is $106  million and 564 positions more than 2024-25. The spending plan also provides $279  million from Proposition  4 to CalFire for various activities (including $14  million each to pass through to the Wildfire Conservancy and Wildfire Foundation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

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

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 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - The monthly salary range for both positions is $5,384 to $8,406 ($64,608 to $100,872 per year) —66  percent to  2.5 times more than the Capital Fellows program. However, unlike these positions, the fellowship program has non ‑monetary benefits such as networking and experiential learning opportunities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - For this cohort, UC Merced had a two ‑year retention rate of 90  percent, compared to a UC system average of 93  percent; a four ‑year retention rate of 75  percent, compared to a UC system average of 83  percent; and an eight ‑year completion rate of 66  percent, compared to a UC system average of 71  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

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