The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Imposing Compensation Reductions on Bargaining Units With Active MOUs Weakens Labor Relations. The Legislature has the authority to not fund provisions of a ratified MOU and to impose reductions on bargaining units with active MOUs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Unit 12 Agreement Sets Precedent for Bargaining Units With Active MOUs. Unit 12 is one of 14 bargaining units with MOUs that are scheduled to expire some time after 2025-26. The proposed agreement with Unit 12 is the first concession agreement submitted to the Legislature for one of these bargaining units with active agreements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - Increases State Contributions to Active Employee Health Premiums. The state contributes a flat dollar amount towards Unit 18 members ’ health benefits. The agreement would adjust the state ’s contribution to be equivalent to the “80/80 ” formula where the state contributes 80  percent of the average premium for employees and 80  percent of the average premium for additional family members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - All five of the state ’s pension plans (1)  have a ratio of more members receiving benefits than active members contributing to the plan and (2)  are becoming more mature. The Highway Patrol pension plan is among the most mature state plans with 9,951 members receiving benefits and 6,643 active members contributing (as of June 30, 2022), a ratio of 66.8  percent
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - If control sections similar to those included at May Revision are included in the final budget, this agreement could serve as a precedent for any policies that the administration might impose on any of the other 20 bargaining units (whether they have an active MOU or not).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - As summarized in Figure 7, the 2021‑22 budget package included $9.3 billion over three years—primarily from the General Fund—for a variety of activities to respond to climate impacts. This included funding targeted for activities responding to each of the five climate hazards California is experiencing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - The state represents about 30  percent of active employees in the system and 35  percent of retired CalPERS members. (Local government employees represent the rest of the membership.) Three Funding Sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - State Also Is Undertaking Adaptation Activities. To help guide the state as it  prepares for impacts of climate change, the state has undertaken four climate assessments (in  2006,  2009, 2012, and 2018).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - Motor Vehicle Account (MVA) Is More Appropriate to Support Proposed Activities. The state currently collects an $83 fee from CDL applications, which is deposited into the MVA. Given that the proposed activities would directly support the department ’s work in processing CDLs, they should be funded through the MVA, rather than the General Fund as proposed by the Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - Consulting contract with Executive Information Systems to improve reporting of potentially fraudulent activity and crossmatching that data with Department of State Hospitals patient data or California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation  records.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542