MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Under the current MOU, cadets at the academy who accept work at 1 of 13 specified facilities are eligible to receive a $5,000 location incentive bonus paid in two payments: the first $2,500 paid upon graduation from the academy and the second $2,500 paid 30 calendar days after reporting to the eligible institution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Of these applications, 292,488 applications were from applicants who met the minimum qualifications. During this same time period, the department accepted 17,530 applicants into the academy. This means that CDCR accepted about 6  percent of qualified applicants to enroll in the academy to receive training to become a correctional officer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Further, it creates a precedent for (1)  other bargaining units this year to adopt similar actions and (2)  future Governors to see this action as an acceptable trade-off to address future budget problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

Jul 14, 2025 - This creates a precedent for future Governors to see this action as an acceptable trade-off to address future budget problems. To the extent that this action is repeated in future years, the goal to fully fund the benefit will become increasingly elusive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Employees who are identified as being “remote centered ” are eligible to receive $50 per month. Employees who are identified as “office centered ” are eligible to receive $25 per month. Under the telework stipend program, the MOU specifies that “no reimbursement claims will be authorized for utilities, phone, cable/internet, or other telework incurred costs. ” Executive Order N-22-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - A DROP allows members of a pension system who reach retirement eligibility to elect to continue working while freezing the service credit and other variables that affect members ’ pension calculations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - Financial provisions of MOUs often are extended to excluded employees who are affiliated with the bargaining unit —for example, Unit 10 managers and supervisors. The administration estimates that extending the financial provisions to these employees would increase state costs by $1.8  million ($457,000 General Fund) in 2023-24 and $3  million ($774,000 General Fund) in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Restoring the original eligibility threshold would limit SIBTF claims to workers who have experienced a relatively serious workplace  injury. Require Prior Documentation of Pre ‑Existing Conditions. The Legislature could consider limiting SIBTF cases to pre ‑existing conditions that were documented with the employer or a medical practitioner prior to the subsequent injury.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Sep 9, 2025 - Specifically, Section 19829.5 of the Government Code specifies that CalHR “shall provide a memorandum of understanding pursuant to Section 3517.5 to the Legislative Analyst who shall have 10 calendar days from the date the tentative agreement is received to issue a fiscal analysis to the Legislature. [ …] The memorandum of understanding shall not be subject to legislative
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Employees who are not at the top step of their salary range would receive these pay increases as SSAs. Employees who are not at the top step of their salary range typically receive a 5  percent MSA each year until they are at the top step.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918