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

Feb 15, 2022 - Throughout the state, ports and other facilities operate training sites. To better understand the need for state funding, the Legislature will want to request the administration provide additional information on how these sites have been funded and built in the past, as well as why the proposed campus needs state funding, while other training sites have not required state fundi ng.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Governor Presented —and Union Rejected —Last Best and Final Offer (LBFO) in December 2023. The mediation process ended on December 13, 2023 with the parties failing to reach an agreement. The administration submitted its LBFO to CAPS on December 19, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

Feb 10, 2021 - When the Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages was proposed along with several other departmental reorganizations last year, our office developed a broad framework for considering proposals based on best practices identified from other governmental agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4361

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - There are four major types of pay increases: General Salary Increases (pay increases that apply to everyone in a bargaining unit), Special Salary Adjustments (pay increases that apply to select members of a bargaining unit, typically applying to specific classifications), top step increases (pay increases only for employees at the tops step of their salary range), and pay diff erentials (pay
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

Mar 10, 2022 - The package also includes additional funding to HCAI to research health care workforce shortages and best practices for developing a diverse workforce. Assessment Proposed Package Largely Conceptual, With Key Details Not Yet Developed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - CAAP is a panel of appointed actuaries tasked under state law to provide public agencies impartial and independent information on retirement benefits and actuarial best practices. In a March 11, 2024 letter in response to a request from the Legislative Committee of the State Association of County Retirement Systems, the actuarial panel provided insights into the cost considerations for DROPs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Maintaining regular and full payments to prefund the benefit is the best option to meet the policy goal of fully funding the benefit. Budget Three-Party Budget Deal Assumes Savings from State Employee Compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As such, the normal cost for the benefit earned by employees is the best estimate of the value of the employer-provided benefits earned today by employees and therefore the best way to compare pension benefits across employers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - To be eligible for the payment, employees would need to (1)  have been employed from January 1, 2022 through the first day of the pay period following ratification; (2)  be employed in a correctional facility, correctional health facility, state hospital, veteran ’s home, or developmental service facility; and (3)  have been in person providing services on-site for more than 50  percent of the time during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - Compensation studies are the best tool available for the Legislature to assess the state ’s compensation policies and to oversee the state workforce at a high level. (In addition to the compensation studies themselves, CalHR recently released a dashboard tool that provides a more user-friendly way to assess the information contained in the studies.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773