MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - When CalHR did release a compensation study of Unit 6 compensation in 2023 (referred to as the 2022 compensation study because it relies on data from 2022), we were highly critical of the methodology adopted for the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The compensation reductions established under these agreements were in effect through 2020-21 and were restored through agreements in 2021-22. Bargaining Concessions Lead to Offsetting Costs Down the Road.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

The 2021-22 Budget: Labor Agreements Ending Personal Leave Program 2020

Jun 25, 2021 - On June 11, 2021, the administration and CASE agreed to a successor MOU that would be in effect through June 30, 2022. The proposed agreement ends PLP 2020 and establishes other provisions, discussed in greater detail below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - As we indicated in our June 25, 2021 analysis of the 2021 Unit 6 agreement with the state, the Unit 6 agreement provided Unit 6 a 2.5 percent GSI in 2022-23 and specified that CCPOA could choose to reopen that agreement should another bargaining unit receive a GSI in 2022that is greater than 2.5 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - This action resulted in the portion of the state’s contribution rate that goes towards the unfunded liability to be lower than it otherwise would have been in 2021‑22, the year from which data was pulled for the compensation study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - As we indicated in our June 25, 2021 analysis of the 2021 Unit 6 agreement with the state, the Unit 6 agreement provided Unit 6 a 2.5 percent GSI in 2022-23 and specified that CCPOA could choose to reopen that agreement should another bargaining unit receive a GSI in 2022 that is greater than 2.5 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Specifically, using data reported in the state budget, the number of state employees grew by more than 11  percent from 226,000 state employees in 2011 ‑12 to more than 251,000 state employees in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - As we indicated in our June 25, 2021 analysis of the 2021 Unit 6 agreement with the state, the Unit 6 agreement provided Unit 6 a 2.5 percent GSI in 2022-23 and specified that CCPOA could choose to reopen that agreement should another bargaining unit receive a GSI in 2022 that is greater than 2.5 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Sep 7, 2021 - Beginning in 2022-23, ongoing state costs would increase $19.5 million ($8.9 million General Fund), relative to current law, assuming that the 2.62 percent pay increase for specified classifications does not remain in effect beyond 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4451

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - As of December 2021, the average Unit 18 member has 34 hours of unused PLP 2020 credits. Allow Employees to Enroll in Voluntary Personal Leave Program (VPLP). The proposed agreement would allow employees to voluntarily participate in VPLP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617