Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - In our 2019 analysis of a past Unit 2 agreement, we discussed that CalHR and other compensation studies had identified a lag between Unit 2 classifications and similar employees who work for local governments or the private sector.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Originally, eligible debts under Proposition  2 included both budgetary debts and retirement liabilities. However, the state repaid all of the outstanding eligible budgetary debts in 2019 ‑20. The remaining eligible uses of Proposition  2 debt payments are related to prefunding state retiree health benefits and unfunded liabilities associated with state ‑level pension plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis [Publication Details]

Aug 25, 2022 - Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4619

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Specifically, for the duration of PLP 2025 (meaning in both 2025-26 and 2026-27) the state would not make its 4  percent of pay contribution to prefund Unit 6 retiree health benefits. The agreement would continue to require employees to make their 4  percent of pay contribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Jun 25, 2021 - The most recent compensation study for Unit 2 produced by CalHR was released January 2019 and used 2017 compensation data. The compensation study was released six months before the prior MOU expired on July 2, 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Administration Assumes Annual GSI of 4  Percent During Term of Agreement. The administration ’s fiscal estimates assume that the result of the salary survey would increase Unit 5 base pay by 4  percent in 2024-25, 3.9  percent in 2025-26, and 4  percent in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A changing climate presents California with five key climate hazards: (1)  higher temperatures and extreme heat events, (2)  more severe wildfires, (3)  more frequent and intense droughts, (4)  flooding due to extreme precipitation events, and (5)  coastal flooding and erosion from sea ‑level rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2021-22 Budget: Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 10, 2021 - The state ’s peak year ‑end balance of loans was $10. 2  b illion at the end of 2012. Between 2011 and 2018, the state General Fund paid a total of $1. 4  b illion in interest payments on these loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

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
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - In this post, we (1)  provide an overview of the state ’s UI system financing, (2)  highlight how the pandemic affected the UI system, (3)  look ahead to upcoming costs to employers and the state to repay the federal UI loan, and (4)  assess the Governor ’s proposed $1.1  billion pre-payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442