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

Feb 15, 2022 - Such disruptions have also contributed to increased wait times for commercial drive  tests. Proposal Seems Reasonable to Address Current Issues Leading to Increased Wait Times for Commercial Drive Tests … We find that the proposal is a reasonable approach to addressing the two primary factors that have led to increased wait times.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Effective with the November 2024 pay period, the agreement would provide that the state make a one-time contribution of $475 to a Savings Plus 401(k) plan on behalf of all permanent full-time employees who are active as of November 1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Under Longstanding EDD Practices, Workers Must Pass Multiple Identity Tests. When an unemployed worker submits a claim for UI payments, EDD confirms the worker ’s identifying information with the federal Social Security Administration and the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The agreement specifies that the department currently is testing an external vest carrier and that employees would be able to purchase an external vest carrier and receive the reimbursement after the departmen t has approved use of the equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The agreement specifies when the time may be used. In the case of DSH employees, the time must be scheduled in coordination with supervisors. In the case of CCHCS, the time must be scheduled at the end of the workday.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Therefore, we recommend the Legislature require an estimation of the fiscal effect and time line to implement a 56-hour duty week be provided prior to any discussion during the successor MOU negotiations in 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jun 27, 2025 - The agreement would establish PLP 2025 for full-time and part-time employees represented by Unit 12 in 2025-26 and 2026-27. During PLP 2025, Unit 12 members ’ pay would be reduced by 3  percent in exchange for five hours of PLP 2025 leave credit each month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - As of March  2025, rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with Unit 9 totaled more than 17,600 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, accounting for about 7  percent of the state ’s total workforce (about 256,000 FTE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Unless employees are able to take more time off —which is particularly challenging in 24-hour facilities, like prisons, where a certain number of employees must be at their post at any one time —furloughs result in larger unused leave balances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Sep 9, 2025 - Furloughs, referred to as Personal Leave Program (PLP) when established through the state ’s collective bargaining process, are the most common tool adopted by the state to reduce state employee compensation costs in times of budget problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073