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 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - In addition, the 2021 ‑22 budget provided HCAI  with $60  million General Fund to support the Song ‑Brown Program, intended to increase the number of primary care providers statewide by funding primary care residency training slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

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 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - This statutory comparison predates the state employee collective bargaining process established by the Ral ph C. Dills Act. (Prior to collective bargaining, the State Personnel Board [SPB] annually would recommend to the Legislature salary ranges for classifications.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - When a position is vacant or filled by an employee at a pay level lower than the department ’s budget assumes, the department captures “salary savings. ” Salary savings means that the appropriation for salaries is higher than needed, thus freeing up funds to be used elsewhere in a department ’s budget —for example, to pay for over time, salary costs above the mid-step, or rising rent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888