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 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - Unit 19 consists of roughly 5,600 full-time equivalent (FTE) state employees who provide evaluations and assessments of client counseling and consultation or client follow-up service of a health, social, or employment nature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

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

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - On April 5, 2024, our office was informed that CalHR and CAPS-UAW agreed to return to the bargaining table to negotiate a successor MOU and that the administration no longer intended to implement its LBFO.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

Jun 27, 2025 - DOF then submits the addendum to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), which has up to 30 days to determine if it disagrees with DOF’s determination that an agreement does or does not requires legislative approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

Sep 9, 2025 - DOF then submits the addendum to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, which has up to 30 days to determine if it disagrees with DOF ’s determination that an agreement does or does not require legislative approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The reduced amount of money invested in the trust fund will result in higher unfunded liabilities in the long-run. In most of the agreements, the state ’s contributions towards the benefit would be fully restored in 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - (We note that Unit 2 [Attorneys] contracted with the University of California at Los Angeles to conduct a study leading up to the 2019 MOU .) Allowing compensations studies to be the subject of bargaining (1) opens the door to inconsistent methodologies used to assess different bargaining units’ compensation, which, in turn, makes compensations studies less helpful in identifying
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - At the bargaining table, each page of a tentative agreement is signed by both parties and dated. From our experience reviewing MOUs, we have learned that an agreement often takes a few months —not years —to be finalized.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - However, the Unit 5 (Highway Patrol) agreement that the Legislature ratified under Chapter  25 includes a provision similar to the provision in the proposed Unit 8 agreement, opening the door to discussing the benefit at the bargaining table.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066