The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - (Community health workers are trained health educators who work directly with individuals who may have difficulty understanding or interacting with health care providers due to cultural or language barriers to increase their engagement with the health care system.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Limit SIBTF Claims to Pre ‑Existing Disabilities That Interact With the Work Injury. Under current program rules, workers can qualify for SIBTF benefits even if the pre ‑existing condition does not interact with (or worsen the impact of) the work injury.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Interaction Between This Agreement and Approved Budget Not Clear. How this proposed agreement would interact with the budget augmentations already approved by the Legislature is unclear. For example, as mentioned above, it is unclear to us whether any of the approved staffing increases would be used to support the implementation of the 66-hour duty week.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

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

Feb 15, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget includes $6  million from the General Fund in 2022 ‑23 for DMV to fund overtime for 200 Licensing Registration Examiners, as well as the necessary office and support staff, so that field offices with wait times of 30 days or more for commercial drive tests can offer additional testing slots on Saturdays.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - One key question will be what role state programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities, and how they should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Unit 6 (Corrections) Agreement Possibly Interacting With Other Bargaining Units Unit 6 Agreement Includes Reopener if Other Bargaining Units Get Higher Pay Increase. Bargaining Unit 6 is represented by the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) and includes state correctional peace officers and parole agents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Unit 6 (Corrections) Agreement Possibly Interacting With Other Bargaining Units Unit 6 Agreement Includes Reopener if Other Bargaining Units Get Higher Pay Increase. Bargaining Unit 6 is represented by the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) and includes state correctional peace officers and parole agents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The lack of gender and ethnic/racial diversity among CHP officers means that the state ’s police force that regularly interacts with the public is not representative of the public. However, the trend seems to be moving towards CHP officers becoming more diverse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Each year, research universities (including their various research centers and institutes) and private industries engage in climate ‑related research and development (R &D). This work spans from basic science research to the development of new technologies that reduce GHG emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2021-22 Budget: Labor Agreements Ending Personal Leave Program 2020

Jun 25, 2021 - LAO Comments Interactions With State Budget Encourage Legislature to View Unit 6 Agreement as a CDCR Budget Request. The trailer bill language submitted by the administration frames the Unit 6 agreement as 1 of 20 labor agreements seeking ratification from the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446