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

Jul 14, 2025 - This suggests that the challenges to fill psychiatry positions likely is not new. Agreement Does Not Appear to Address Possible Challenges Filling Psychiatrist Positions. The agreement does not appear to include any provisions aiming to address whatever psychiatrist recruitment or retention challenges might exist today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - The Legislature could instead require that pre ‑existing conditions make the new injury worse or render the worker substantially less employable than they would have been without the pre ‑existing condition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Compared with spending levels today, the administration estimates that the agreement would result in General Fund savings of $120.2  million in 2025-26 and $69.8  million in 2026-27. After PLP 2025 ends and the state resumes making contributions to prefund OPEB, the administration estimates that the state ’s annual General Fund costs would be $412.2  million higher than today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - This also means that the agreement will expire, and the administration presumably will begin negotiating a new MOU, before the February 1, 2026 date when Section 19826 of the Government Code requires CalHR to submit to the Legislature a new compensation study for Unit  6.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Lower Costs Today in Exchange for Higher Costs Later. Suspending both the employer and employees ’ contributions to prefund OPEB reduces costs today but contributes to a significant and growing unfunded liability and creates substantial risk that the benefit will not be fully funded by 2047.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety) $50.5 $133.4 a The administration assumes that a portion of these costs would not require a new appropriation from the Legislature. Compensation Study Voluntary Separation Rates Could Signal Retention Problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Similar to what CalHR has done with other bargaining units, the proposed Unit 5 agreement would link the state ’s business and travel reimbursement policy for Unit 5 to the rates established by the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - For occupations requiring a bachelor ’s degree or higher, the state provides ongoing support to UC and CSU to offer bachelor ’s, master ’s, and doctoral degree programs. The state ’s public universities also operate extended education programs, which generally are self ‑supported by student fee revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - The Legislature today cannot bind the hands of a future Legislature. As such, the Legislature approving this agreement today should not be seen as the Legislature acquiescing to whatever proposal the committee puts forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Today, the state and employees represented by Unit 9 contribute 2 percent of pay to prefund the benefit for Unit 9 members. As of June 30, 2023, the state and Unit 9 have set aside $370.8 million to prefund the benefit and the unfunded liability associated with Unit 9 is $3.2 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061