MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - Staffing Rotation Models. As we referenced in our March 2024 analysis , CalFire intends to adjust its staffing rotation to a platoon model where firefighters rotate on and off duty as a group rather than individually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The proposed control section would authorize the administration to impose reductions of any amount through any policy if reductions are not established under a collective bargaining agreement by Jul y 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

Jun 27, 2025 - This agreement could be used as a model for agreements with the other 13 bargaining units with active agreements if they choose to come to the table this year. Further, this agreement could serve as a precedent for any policies that the administration might seek to impose on any of the other bargaining units (whether they have an active MOU or not) should the final budget package grant the administration that authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Increased Risk of Floods Climate models predict that California will experience less frequent but more intense storm patterns in the coming decades, including the state ’s precipitation more frequently falling as rain rather than snow compared to historical trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - As such, whatever is ratified under a Unit 6 agreement will create a precedent that likely will be used as a model for successor agreements with the other six bargaining units expected to come to the table this ye ar.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Sep 7, 2021 - For example, the smallest identified lag was that of Firefighter II with state compensation lagging local compensation b y 16 percent and the largest identified lag was that of Battalion Chief with state compensation lagging local compensation by 41 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4451

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - As a result of this statute, the state regularl y contributes a percentage of pay above what is actuarially required and established by the CalPERS Board. In 2024 ‑25, the state ’s supplemental payment under this section ranges from 0.1  percent of pay for Miscellaneous employees to 1.65  percent of pay for employees in the Peace Officer and Firefighter pension and is expected to total less than $100  million General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - This is not consistent with our long-standing recommendation that the Legislature only approve MOUs with terms of one or two y ears. The basis of this recommendation is to preserve legislative flexibility to respond to changing economic conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Under its longstanding workforce training model, the CWDB convenes training parties and funds a portion of the total training costs. Training costs might include worker pay during training, costs for curriculum development, and instructor pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As this cohort, and the officers hired before this cohort, became eligible for retirement, the y have retired and have been replaced by new, younger correctional officers. The growth in retirements that CDCR has experienced in recent years likely is due more to the natural aging of the workforce rather than a response to Unit  6 compensation levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800