MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Modifications to Existing Location-Specific Payments. The agreement makes changes to specified payments received by employees who work at specific locations. We describe these payments below. Retention Differential for Hard-to-Keep/Fill Institutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Clarification of Effect of Some Payments on Retirement Benefits. There are a number of payments for which the proposed agreement would not substantially change, but would codify current practice as to whether or not the payment is considered compensation for retirement purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - While previous CalPERS payments under Proposition  2 resulted in savings over time, the Governor ’s proposed application of the 2023 ‑24 payment would mean the state does not yield any future savings (after 2024 ‑25) from this payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - If overtime payments in 2025-26 reflected overtime payments in 2024, the 2.5  percent GSI would increase state expenditures for overtime by more than $7  million. Therefore, we estimate that the agreement would increase annual planned and unplanned overtime costs associated with Unit 8 by several millions of dollars beginning in 2025-26 —more than fully offsetting the total net savings estimated by the administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Escalating Employer Costs Employer Tax for SIBTF Has Increased Dramatically … SIBTF claim payments and associated medical and legal payments have increased rapidly in recent years, resulting in annual increases in the employer ‑paid taxes that replenish the SIBTF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - While payments towards normal cost are shared by employees, the state generally is responsible for any payments towards the unfunded liability. In 2022-23, the state contributed $7.2  billion (all funds) towards employee pension benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - Under the proposed agreement, the incentiv e payments are established as a percentage of base pay and range from 2.5  percent to 10  percent of pay. The agreement specifies that qualified employees may receive multiple incentive payments established by the agreement so long as the cumulative value of the incentive payments does not exceed 15  percent of pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - Employees who have worked more than 84 consecutive months would not be eligible for any additional payment; however, the agreement would provide eligible employees who were hired prior to August 1, 2016 and who never received Pay Differential 324 a one-time $10,000 payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - One-Time $1,200 Payments in 2023 and Again in 2024. The agreement would provide employees a $1,200 payment in November 2023 and another $1,200 payment in November 2024. The stated purpose of this payment is to support employees ’ health and well-being.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - (As noted above, the administration also proposes that these payments count as tax rebates due to revenues exceeding the SAL.) As shown in Figure  2 below, the second round of payments proposed by the Governor includes three different one-time payments: (1) $600 to taxpayers who did not receive the first round $600 payment, (2)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435