The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Further, we recommend that the Legislature ask questions to better understand the administration ’s proposal and to determine how —or whether —reductions in employee compensation meet legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Revisit How Pre ‑Existing Conditions Are Stacked Under Todd Decision. 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

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Administration Assigns No Role to Legislature in Determining How to Allocate Reductions. Under the administration ’s proposal, the Legislature would have no role in determining how to allocate reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We think that the Legislature needs an independent assessment of how the state ’s compensation policies compare with those of other employers in the labor market in order to assess whether proposed changes in employee compensation are justified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - We do not know how Unit 8 compensation currently compares with federal firefighters because it was not included in the compensation survey. Bargaining With Unit 8 Current MOU Scheduled to Expire June 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Pension boards determine —either according to actuarial standards or statutory requirements —how much money employers must contribute to the pension system each year to address any existing unfunded liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

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

Sep 9, 2025 - For many years, there has been significant disagreement between CAPS-UAW and the state as to how much state scientists should be paid. The disagreement primarily stems from union-raised pay equity concerns between two sets of employees: (1)  between Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) and Unit 10 rank-and-file workers and (2)  between unit 10 rank-and-file workers and their supervisors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - Without a clear understanding of how much funding the state is eligible for, an d for what types of projects, it is difficult to ascertain how state funding can best complement federal funds and how state funds could be leveraged to maximize federal funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Mar 10, 2022 - While the proposal includes funding objectives, allocations, and high ‑level descriptions of how funding could be used, the administration has not specified how those objectives and allocations would be implemented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - How should the state address climate change impacts —and associated costs —for state employees? How do the merits of preparing for changing conditions compare with the consequences of failing to prepare?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587