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

Feb 15, 2022 - Short ‑Term vs. Long ‑Term Strategies. The  current supply chain disruptions are the result of both short ‑term issues, such as greater consumer demand, as well as long ‑term issues, such as the capacity and resilience of the goods movement system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Lower Costs Today in Exchange for Higher Costs Later. Suspending both the employer and employees ’ contributions to prefund OPEB reduces costs today but contributes to a significant and growing unfunded liability and creates substantial risk that the benefit will not be fully funded by 2047.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - With Influx of Claims Driving Backlog, Today ’s SIBTF Claimants Might Expect to Wait Ten Years. Injured workers must finalize their subsequent injury workers ’ compensation case before proceeding with their SIBTF claim for additional benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Lower Costs Today in Exchange for Higher Costs Later. Suspending both the employer and employees ’ contributions to prefund OPEB for two years reduces costs today but contributes to a significant and growing unfunded liability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - Pay Increases Unit 7 Average Base Pay Slightly Lower Today Than 20 Years Ago. As Figure  2 shows, after controlling for inflation, the average Unit 7 base pay has fluctuated significantly over the past two decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Compared with spending levels today, the administration estimates that the agreement would result in General Fund savings of $120.2  million in 2025-26 and $69.8  million in 2026-27. After PLP 2025 ends and the state resumes making contributions to prefund OPEB, the administration estimates that the state ’s annual General Fund costs would be $412.2  million higher than today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The plan today is known as Savings Plus. Through Savings Plus, employees can open a 401(k) and/or a 457(b) account and can choose to make contributions on a pre-tax or post-tax basis to these accounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Today, the state and employees represented by Unit 9 contribute 2 percent of pay to prefund the benefit for Unit 9 members. As of June 30, 2023, the state and Unit 9 have set aside $370.8 million to prefund the benefit and the unfunded liability associated with Unit 9 is $3.2 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - The Legislature today cannot bind the hands of a future Legislature. As such, the Legislature approving this agreement today should not be seen as the Legislature acquiescing to whatever proposal the committee puts forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - Vacant Positions Unit 16 Vacancy Rate Higher Today Than in 2006. While the receiver characterized a 20  percent vacancy rate as “huge ” in 2006, the Unit 16 vacancy rate (as of August 31, 2023) is about 32  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801