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

Jul 14, 2025 - Correctional Medicine Differential —Resolution to PERB Case SA-CE-2168-S. Effective the first day of the pay period following ratification, the agreement would provide physicians and surgeons employed by CCHCS a $1,200 monthly pay differential to resolve PERB case SA-CE-2168-S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - The ULP charge against CAPS for this action (Case SA-CO-526-0S) remains pending before PERB and has not yet been decided. Governor Presented —and Union Rejected —Last Best and Final Offer (LBFO) in December 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

Sep 9, 2025 - This disagreement has led to challenging labor relations between the state and state scientists for more than a decade. We discuss these challenges in our 2024 analysis of the most recently ratified Unit 10 MOU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Combined, these factors indicate that there may be recruitment and retention challenges for Unit 12. However, based on the regional findings of the compensation study, these challenges may be concentrated in certain regions of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - A few aspects of the funding plan may impede the likelihood of its success, and also may result in challenges for stakeholders to oversee the plan ’s progress. Figure  13 summarizes the funding plan ’s complexities and key challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - However, average real base pay remains 6 percent higher than it was in 2003 when the state last experienced significant challenges recruiting correctional officers. Vacancy Rates Seem Within the Range of Normal for Unit 6.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Challenges Calculating Value of DROP. CAAP indicated that DROPs present multiple challenges for actuaries to accurately estimate the value of the benefit. CAAP indicated that calculating projections of expected benefit payments is significantly complicated by DROP entry timing, final retirement date, participation rates, overall career length, and employee behaviors (discussed in greater detail below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Challenges in forecasting CHP employee compensation costs makes it more difficult to accurately project the MVA fund condition. Reliance on Formula Limits Legislative Flexibility and Oversight. Formula-driven salaries limit legislative oversight of state employee compensation and hinders the Legislature ’s ability to respond to unexpected fiscal challenges —like the insolvency of a major state fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2021-22 Budget: Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages

Feb 10, 2021 - Nevertheless, a reorganization presents logistical and personnel challenges that call for considerable focus from EDD and Labor Agency leadership at a time when the state ’s urgent goal is to eliminate the backlog of unemployment insurance claims and prevent further fraud.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4361

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - The  Legislature will want to consider which workers, industries, and regions will be disproportionately affected and how the state might want to help address those challenges. One current challenge is that the state often does not collect the data necessary to make this assessment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587