Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - California’s Five Major Climate Hazards As a result of human activities that warm the planet, the global climate is changing. While efforts are underway —across the state, country, and internationally —to limit the extent of this warming, some degree of climate change already is occurring, and therefore some impacts are inevitable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Then, any additional state funding could be better targeted to fill any funding gaps, provide any necessary state matching funds to maximize federal funds, and ensure funding is distributed across projects of different types at all ports statewide in a manner consistent with the Legislature’s priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - The state hired ID.me to confirm workers ’ identities using so ‑called “one ‑to ‑one ” face matching; that is, when a computer algorithm matches the photo or video submitted by the worker to the worker ’s identification card.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Incubators assist entrepreneurs and start ‑ups with developing their businesses. Incubators can provide a variety of services, ranging from management training, facility space, and start ‑up financing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Donovan Correctional Facility received payments of up to $10,000 over the course of the two years of the agreement —up to $5,000 in July 2024 and up to $5,000 in July 2025 depending on tenure. The proposed agreement similarly would provide eligible employees at the same institutions up to $10,000 over the first two fiscal years
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - For example, since 2011 ‑12, men consistently have made up more than 66  percent of the applications received for the academy wit
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - As of March  2021, more than 80  percent of unemployed workers live in households with below-average annual income. Unprecedented Federal Relief Has Mitigated Pandemic ’s Impacts. As illustrated in the Figure  1 below, federal relief programs have provided over $150  billion of temporary assistance to Californians during the pandemic, including: Unemployment Insurance (UI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - As a result, often, salaries are more competitive in regions with lower costs of living, whereas salaries in more expensive regions are less competitive. In contrast, Unit 5 receives salary increases based on labor market trends in counties with high costs of living despite roughly 70 percent of Unit 5 members working in counties that are not included in the survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The most common arrangement is called the “80/80 formula ” where the state pays a dollar amount up to 80  percent of an average premium for the employee and 80  percent of an average for any additional premiums for dependents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047