MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - During most of this time, the state has paid for these benefits on a pay-as-you-go basis after an employee is retired and receiving the benefit. Since the 1990s, the costs for this benefit have been among the fastes t growing costs in the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

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

Jun 27, 2025 - During most of this time, the state has paid for these benefits on a pay-as-you-go basis after an employee is retired and receiving the benefit. Since the 1990s, the costs for this benefit have been among the fastes t growing costs in the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - During most of this time, the state has paid for these benefits on a pay-as-you-go basis after an employee is retired and receiving the benefit. Since the 1990s, the costs for this benefit have been among the fastes t growing costs in the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Jul 14, 2025 - During most of this time, the state has paid for these benefits on a pay-as-you-go basis from the General Fund after an employee is retired and receiving the benefit. Since the 1990s, the costs for this benefit have been among the fastest growing costs in the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Sep 9, 2025 - In the past, the state has (1)  imposed furloughs and negotiated PLP at the bargaining table, (2)  established furloughs as mandatory days when employees do not work (state offices would be closed one, two, or three “Furlough Fridays ” each month), and (3)  allowed employees to have “self-directed ” furlough days where employees have discretion to use furlough days as they would vacation or other leave benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Many local governments still do not prefund the benefit and, instead, make payments on a pay-as-you-go basis after an employee retires. Of the six counties included in the survey, only two indicated that they make contributions towards the benefit during employees ’ careers (the Counties of Sacramento and San Bernardino).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - In the past, the state has (1)  imposed furloughs and negotiated PLP at the bargaining table, (2)  established furloughs as mandatory days when employees do not work (state offices would be closed one, two, or three “Furlough Fridays ” each month), and (3)  allowed employees to have “self-directed ” furlough days where employees have discretion to use furlough days as they would vacation or other leave benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - Duration Standing LAO Recommendation: Do Not Approve Agreements Longer Than Two Years. Since 2007 , we have recommended that the Legislature not ratify labor agreements with durations longer than two years in order to maintain legislative flexibility and authority to respond to changing economic situations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - The proposed agreement would change how some pay differentials are treated such that they no longer are considered pensionable compensation —meaning that the payment does not affect the employee ’s pension benefits and do not require a contribution towards the pension benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

Sep 1, 2023 - The compensation studies that the administration submits to the Legislature pursuant to state law do not always support the comp ensation increases that the administration and bargaining units propose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798