MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - In the event that employees have unused PLP 2025 leave in their leave banks upon separation, the agreement specifies that the employees ’ unused leave would be cashed out upon separation at their final salary level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Taken together, these options would better align the state ’s SIBTF program with its original purpose. In our view, no single option would be enough to refocus SIBTF due to how far the program has drifted from that original purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Intent to Meet to Discuss Employee Donated Release Time Bank. During the term of the agreement, the proposed agreement specifies that CAPS-UAW and the administration would meet regarding the establishment of a Unit 10 Employee Donated Release Time Bank whereby Unit 10 employees would be permitted to voluntarily contribute identified leave credits to be used by Unit 10 employees identified by CAPS-UAW.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - All of these options involve trade ‑offs. The first set of options would maximize savings in the budget window —potentially at a similar level as the Governor ’s proposal —but result in lower savings for future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - This is because, when considering a proposed labor agreement, the Legislature ’s options are either to ratify or to reject the entire proposed agreement. The Legislature would not be able to amend a DROP benefit included in a proposed future labor agreement without overriding what the parties agreed to at the table.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - The executive order requires all agencies and departments under the Governor’s authority that provide telework as an option for employees to implement a telework policy with a default minimum of four in-office days per work week effective July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Maintaining regular and full payments to prefund the benefit is the best option to meet the policy goal of fully funding the benefit. Budget Three-Party Budget Deal Assumes Savings from State Employee Compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - There are several options for how to establish such a target. For example, a target could be established as a dollar amount or a percentage of pay; and the target could be one state-wide target or be bargaining unit specific.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - One option would be for the Legislature to withhold action on any collective bargaining agreement until all expected agreements have been submitted to the Legislature. This would allow the Legislature to ensure that all of the agreements collectively are consistent with the Legislature ’s priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - Should the Legislature instead wish to provide immediate tax relief, one option to consider would be to provide employers state UI tax credits to offset their upcoming costs to repay the federal  loan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543