The 2021-22 Budget: Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 10, 2021 - We recommend the Legislature adopt an up ‑to ‑date estimate of the overall interest amount likely due in September. For planning purposes, we suggest the Legislature adopt our estimate of $ 260  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - In the absence of the agreement, employees at the bottom step of their salary ranges most likely could expect to see their total salary increase by a compounded total of 15.8  percent over the three years from MSAs alone.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Low ‑income residents also are more likely to live in older housing that requires modifications —such as air conditioning or more fire ‑resistant exteriors —to adapt to increased risks. Notably, low ‑income residents also are more likely to live in rental housing, and thus more likely to be reliant on landlords to conduct modifications to their homes to mitigate the effects of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - While employers, like the state, generally are required to pay the amount specified by pension boards to address unfunded liabilities, in some cases employers can choose to pay more than what is required in any given year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Unit 5 More Likely to Be White and Male … Peace officer jobs —like CHP officers —historically have been filled by men. As Figure  4 shows, CHP officers are less diverse than correctional officers or the statewide civil service workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Mar 10, 2022 - As a result, ETP training grants may be consistent with one goal of the care economy package —upskilling the workforce —but likely would not contribute to the package ’s other goals, including increasing the number of workers and diversifying the workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Therefore, we recommend the Legislature require an estimation of the fiscal effect and time line to implement a 56-hour duty week be provided prior to any discussion during the successor MOU negotiations in 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jun 27, 2025 - In particular, while retirement rates among Unit 12 members is in line with state averages, the involuntary and voluntary separations are above the state average. This suggests that Unit 12 members are more likely to separate from state service before retirement compared with other state workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Full Employer Costs Likely $2   Billion to $3   Billion Annually. Looking broadly at incoming claims each year, employers likely face lifetime SIBTF costs totaling $2  billion to $3  billion for each cohort of claims that injured workers submit each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Jul 14, 2025 - In addition, sharing the funding cost with state employees likely strengthens any argument that the benefit is protected under the State Constitution, potentially preventing the Legislature from reducing or modifying the benefit in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064