MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Firefighters historically worked, on average, four 72-hour workweeks in a 28-consecutive-day cycle. Under the 72-hour duty week, employees receive overtime pay for any hours worked in excess of 212 hours during the 28-day period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - Firefighters typically work —on average —four 72-hour workweeks in a 28-consecutive-day cycle. Employees on a 72-hour duty week receive overtime for all hours worked in excess of 212 hours during the 28-consecutive-day period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Firefighters typically work —on average —four 72-hour workweeks in a 28-consecutive-day cycle. Employees on a 72-hour duty week receive overtime for all hours worked in excess of 212 hours during the 28-consecutive-day work period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - Specifically, eligible employees would receive a payment equal to 1 percent of base salary after 12 months, 2 percent of base salary after 24 months, 3 percent of base salary after 36 months, 4 percent of base salary after 48 months, 5 percent of base salary after 60 months, 6 percent of base salary after 72 months, and 7 percent of base salary after 84 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The administration ’s fiscal estimates indicate that about 235 rank-and-file employees and about 58 excluded employees receive this payment and that the provision would increase annual state costs by $699,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Due to one-time costs associated with provisions of the agreement, 2025 ‑26 would be the highest cost year resulting from the agreement, increasing costs in that year by $152  million ($58  million from the General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575