MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Providing a new retirement benefit to one type of state employee raises internal equity considerations regarding the level of compensation provided to other state employees. If the state were to provide a DROP for one bargaining unit, there would be pressure on the state to provide a DROP (perhaps with different specific terms) to other bargaining units in order to maintain internal equity across bargaining units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Sep 9, 2025 - The facilities where Unit 18 members work provide care to patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When there are not enough psychiatric technicians scheduled to adequately provide care to patients —either due to lack of resources, unexpected absences, scheduling error, emergency, or other causes —the state may require staff to work overtime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - While our office has issued unit-specific analyses for Units 6, 9, and 12, we have not issued analyses of the agreements with the other 18 bargaining units discussed below due to the ratification provisions provided in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Background In this section, we provide background on key elements of collective bargaining for Unit 16 that are relevant to the proposed agreement. Unit 16 in Context of State Workforce Fifth Smallest Bargaining Unit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - As specified below, the agreement would provide all Unit 9 members pay increases on July 1, 2025 and on July 1, 2027. 2025-26: 3  Percent General Salary Increase (GSI). Effective July 1, 2025, the agreement would provide all state employees represented by Unit 9 a 3  percent pay increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Location-Specific Payments Administration Provides No Supporting Evidence That Institutions Are “Hard to Fill. ” The administration provides no evidence or justification to support the claim made by the agreement that the eligible institutions are hard to fill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings [Publication Details]

Jul 11, 2025 - To effectuate those savings, the budget package provided legislative ratification of any agreement that achieved budgetary savings and was entered into before the start of the 2025-26 fiscal year. In total, the administration and 19 of the state’s bargaining units were able to enter into agreements by midnight on June 30, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) [Publication Details]

Jun 23, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5058

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Accordingly, while the proposed agreement provides a lower pay increase than the current MOU, it provides the pay increase to more Unit 12 members. PLP 2025. The agreement would establish PLP 2025 for full-time and part-time employees represented by Unit 12 in 2025-26 and 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - To address past budget problems or anticipated budget problems, the state has used a number of strategies to reduce employee compensation in a way that provides immediate budgetary relief to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047