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

Jun 25, 2021 - The state would contribute 5.1  percent of pay. 2023 ‑24: 2.6  Percent of Pay Withheld From Employees. The state would contribute 4.2  percent of pay. 2024 ‑25: 3.4  Percent of Pay Withheld From Employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - (Although there is evidence of inflation slowing [as we discuss here and here ], inflation has been high—exceeding 7 percent for much of 2022 and totaling 15 percent overall since 2020.) Consequently, although the state will need to find solutions to the budget problem, the state also will feel pressure to maintain—if not increase—employee compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

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

Sep 9, 2025 - The facilities where Unit 18 members work provide care to patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When there are not enough psychiatric technicians scheduled to adequately provide care to patients —either due to lack of resources, unexpected absences, scheduling error, emergency, or other causes —the state may require staff to work overtime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - Proposed GSI in 2023 ‑24 Close to Most Recent Inflation Levels. The most recent (July) California Consumer Price Index was 3.1  percent higher compared to the prior year. Since 2020, however, prices have risen 17  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - The 2022 ‑23 Governor ’s Budget proposes $1  billion General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $2  billion in 2023 ‑24 to make state payments on the federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) loans the state received during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Unlike the CalHR-developed methodology used for the compensation study of Units 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, and 19, the Unit 6 compensation study uses a methodology that was agreed to at the bargaining table through a Joint Labor Management Committee process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Unit 8 was last subject to furloughs in 2020-21 when the state negotiated agreements with all 21 bargaining units to reduce employee compensation costs through PLP 2020 in anticipation of a budget problem in 2020-21 that did not materialize.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - These bargaining units include the nine units represented by Local 1000 (Units 1 [administrative, financial, and staff services], 3 [professional educators and librarians], 4 [office and allied], 11 [engineering and scientific technicians], 14 [printing and allied trades], 15 [allied services], 1 7 [registered nurses], 20 [medical and social services], and 21 [educational
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - CalSTRS ’ long ‑term investment return expectation remains 7  percent. 2020 ‑21 Budget Suspended Board ’s Ability to Increase State ’s Contribution Rate. At the time of the 2020 ‑21 May Revision , the administration estimated the state faced a significant budget problem that required reductions in many areas across state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Unit 16 was last subject to furloughs in 2020-21 when the state negotiated agreements with all 21 bargaining units to reduce employee compensation costs through PLP 2020 in anticipation of a budget problem in 2020-21 that did not materialize.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064