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

Feb 15, 2022 - However, the efficient movement of goods in the global supply chain is truly a matter of international concern. The  primary beneficiaries of more efficient goods movement are private, for ‑profit corporations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings [Publication Details]

Jul 11, 2025 - Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings [Publication Details] Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings Format: HTML Description: The final 2025-26 budget package approved by the Legislature maintained the May Revision level of savings in employee compensation and set an expectation for the administration and the state’s 21 bargaining units to meet and confer in good faith in order to achieve those savings through the collective bargaining process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5063

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - This statutory comparison predates the state employee collective bargaining process established by the Ral ph C. Dills Act. (Prior to collective bargaining, the State Personnel Board [SPB] annually would recommend to the Legislature salary ranges for classifications.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - In particular, incidents like extreme heat, fires, smoke, and severe storms will cause work interruptions and instability in primarily outdoor ‑based industries such as construction, tourism, recreation, agriculture, and logistics/goods movement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Sep 7, 2021 - Based on news reports (see here and here ) as well as a letter from U.S. Senator Feinstein to U.S. President Biden, it seems that the federal government has had challenges retaining wildland firefighters in California because the compensation offered is significantly less than the compensation offered to CalFire firefighters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4451

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - Divorcing the deadline of the total compensation report from the bargaining cycle is a good start, but we think that it can be further amended to improve legislative oversight. We discuss these recommended changes below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - Effective the pay period following ratification or November 1, 2024, whichever is later, the agreement would provide $50 to employees who are not in a designated Paramedic position but maintain an Emergency Medical Technician —Paramedic license in good standing for each day that they work voluntary overtime behind a designated Paramedic position vacancy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

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

Jun 27, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060