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

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The Legislature’s calendar is highly predictable with legislative deadlines publicly known many months in advance. And, yet, the administration and unions consistently submit labor agreements to the Legislature with just days before a major legislative deadline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - The proposed agreement increases the amount of reimbursement that employees may receive for their costs related to mass transit and vanpools from 75  percent to 100   percent —up to the maximum monthly exclusion amount allowed by the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - While difficult to predict , the pay increase provided by the agreement would increase state unplanned overtime costs relative to what they otherwise would have been for Unit 8. …Likely Resulting in Net Costs to State Beginning in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A recent scientific  study  by United States Geological Survey researchers predicted that under scenarios of three feet to six feet of sea‑level rise, up to two‑thirds of Southern California beaches may become completely eroded by 2100.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The Legislature’s calendar is highly predictable with legislative deadlines publicly known many months in advance. And, yet, the administration and unions consistently submit labor agreements to the Legislature with just days before a major legislative deadline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - The final option to consider is reversing or narrowing the Todd case ruling that allows multiple pre ‑existing conditions to be stacked, thereby making it easier to obtain 100  percent permanent disability benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Furloughs have some clear advantages, including that they are administratively easy to implement; they offer immediate and predictable levels of savings; and they do not require a reduction in workforce, allowing the state to immediately “staff up ” after the budget problem passes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Proposal Governor Proposes $100   Million One ‑Time General Fund for Climate ‑Related Research at UC. Proposed budget bill language states that these funds shall support “seed and matching grants ” for applied research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Furloughs can make the state a less attractive employer to possible new hires by making the state ’s compensation package less competitive compared with compensation offered by other employers and by demonstrating a lack of predictability in the state ’s terms of employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060