Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Looking broadly at incoming claims each year, employers likely face lifetime SIBTF costs totaling $2  billion to $3  billion for each cohort of claims that injured workers submit each year. If the number of claims remains steady at around 3,000 per year and the state processes all incoming claims, the annual employer tax would climb to $2  billion to $3  billion before stabilizing near that level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Both our office and the administration project that the state faces a manageable budget problem this year. The Governor addresses the budget problem primarily with spending ‑related solutions, as shown in the figure below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - Notwithstanding Long-Standing Disagreement Over Unit 10 Compensation, 2023 Presents Challenging Bargaining Environment … The state is faced with competing tensions that make reaching bargaining agreements in 2023 difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

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

Jun 27, 2025 - In that case, the state could once again face rapidly growing costs in order to pay this benefit. Moreover, the structure of the f unding plan allows the state to use money in the trust fund beginning in 2046, regardless of whether or not the benefit is fully funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - Moreover, to the extent that these state emergency responders face more dangerous work conditions due to more severe wildfires or floods, costs for workers ’ compensation and death benefits also will rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Nonetheless, the state is expected to face significant budget problems in the coming years, which means the Legislature might wish to prioritize short ‑term savings over long ‑term benefit on a temporary basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Changing conditions make historical data less reliable for assessing current and future threats, meaning many existing structures now face greater risks in their current locations compared to when they were built.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - The state hired ID.me to confirm workers ’ identities using so ‑called “one ‑to ‑one ” face matching; that is, when a computer algorithm matches the photo or video submitted by the worker to the worker ’s identification card.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - If and when the administration proposes reducing the duty week to 56 hours, the Legislature will face a key decision as to whether or not implementing the proposal is affordable given the state ’s fiscal condition at that time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - This suggests that the state likely does not face any systemic statewide recruitment or retention issues for state engineers. There may be department or job specific recruitment or retention issues that are not evident in the available data, however.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620