Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - The schedules require higher rates, up to a maximum of 6.2  percent, when the condition of the UI trust fund is poor —meaning that it has a low level of reserves. Due to longstanding solvency issues, the state ’s UI tax rate has been at this maximum amount since 2004.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - For example, at the time of the May Revision of the 2018-19 budget, the administration assumed that Unit 5 would receive a GSI of 5.8  percent when it ultimately came in at 6.2 percent . The level of pay increases provided to Unit 5 pursuant to the survey can vary significantly from one year to the next.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920