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

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 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

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

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