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

Jul 14, 2025 - The vacancy rate among psychiatrists was 46  percent —more than twice the statewide average. The turnover rate among state psychiatrists was in line with the statewide rates: retirement rates and involuntary separation rates were lower than the statewide averages and the rate of voluntary
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Reset Initial SIBTF Eligibility Threshold to 35   Percent Disability Rating. The Legislature could consider undoing the indirect effect of the 2012 reforms that increased all impairment ratings by 40  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Higher Than Average Vacancy Rates. Over the past five years, Unit 12 positions have had a vacancy rate that is about 5  percentage points higher than the statewide vacancy rate across all civil service classifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

Sep 9, 2025 - Despite the above market compensation levels, the study found that the voluntary separation rate among state-employed psychiatric technicians is higher than the statewide voluntary separation rate across all bargaining units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - CAAP offered recommendations to make cost neutrality more likely, including setting the DROP account interest rate below the plan ’s actual or expected rate of return, permanently waiving or reducing automatic cost-of-living adjustments on retirement benefits during the period the member is in DROP, and not crediting the full amount of any contributions made by the member during DROP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Since 2019, the vacancy rate among Unit 5 positions has increased significantly. In 2023, the average monthly vacancy rate among authorized Unit 5 positions was 16  percent. The vacancy rate among Unit 5 positions has grown much faster than the statewide vacancy rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Though much lower than statewide vacancy rates, the vacancy rate among Unit 6 classifications also has fluctuated from 8  percent in 2019 to 13  percent in 2023 to 9  percent as of May 31, 2025. Overall, current Unit 6 vacancy rates seem within the range of normal and do not signal extreme challenges in filling positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - In 2023 ‑24, the CalSTRS Board set the state ’s supplemental rate to 6.311  percent (the same rate the state has paid for the past few years), while the “unconstrained ” actuarially required rate —what the CalSTRS Board could set as the state ’s rate if it had full rate ‑setting authority to meet the goal of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - Vacant Positions Unit 16 Vacancy Rate Higher Today Than in 2006. While the receiver characterized a 20  percent vacancy rate as “huge ” in 2006, the Unit 16 vacancy rate (as of August 31, 2023) is about 32  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Vacancy rates fluctuate throughout a year. Accordingly, a department ’s vacancy rate might be higher or lower depending on when they report their vacancy rate. For example, if a department receives a large number of new positions in a new fiscal year, the department will report a high vacancy rate in July and for the several months that it can take to fill the positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888