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

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - This agreement attempts to address these legitimate concerns about fatigue among firefighters that has resulted from these recent wildfire seasons. …But How Goal Would Be Achieved —and at What Cost —Is Unknown.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The actual cost will depend on how many employees cash out leave and how much leave they choose to cash out. Provisions From Past Agreements Not Included No Reopener if Other Units Get Higher Pay Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - A supplemental pension payment can benefit an employer over the short ‑ or long ‑term, depending on how the payment is applied to the employer ’s unfunded liability. Often, actuaries amortize a new unfunded liability over decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - What Principles Would Guide the Administration at the Bargaining Table to Seek Concessions From Bargaining Units? How Would the Administration Determine What Terms to Impose on Bargaining Units That Do Not Come to an Agreement?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - The proposed agreement would again include this payment; however, it would change who would be eligible to receive the payments. Specifically, the agreement would (1)  remove Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (because the facility was deactivated) from the list of eligible institutions; (2)  add Salinas Valley State Prison to the list of eligible
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - In our view, no single option would be enough to refocus SIBTF due to how far the program has drifted from that original purpose. Furthermore, any legislative changes will require close monitoring to ensure they have the desired effect and to correct any unintended consequences that emerge in  practice.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Moreover, we do not know how much reducing the duty week by ten hours would increase state costs. However, based on the cost to reduce it by six hours (from 72 hours to 66 hours), it seems reasonable to assume that such an action would increase annual costs by at least several hundreds of millions of dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - Under the proposed agreement, the incentiv e payments are established as a percentage of base pay and range from 2.5  percent to 10  percent of pay. The agreement specifies that qualified employees may receive multiple incentive payments established by the agreement so long as the cumulative value of the incentive payments does not exceed 15  percent of pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Depending on how actual experience between now and 2029-30 deviates from actuarial assumptions (for example, investment returns), the state’s contribution could be higher or lower than currently projected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920