The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - California began adopting GHG emission reduction goals in 2006, with the current statutory goal to reduce California GHG emissions to 40  percent below the 1990 level by 2030. (State law also established a goal to reduce to the 1990 level by 2020, which the state met a few years early.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Systematically underfunding the benefit for five years makes reaching the full funding target very unlikely. Moreover, although the agreement would reinstate current contr ibution levels by July 1, 2029, those levels may not reflect normal cost at that time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

Jul 14, 2025 - As Figure  3 shows, PLP 2025 and the suspension of OPEB prefunding would result in the state ’s Unit 16 compensation costs being lower than present levels in 2025-26. Figure 3 Administration ’s Estimated Fiscal Effect of Proposed Unit 16 Agreement (In Millions) Extend Terms of Agreement to Excluded Employees b ‑3.3 $51.4 $54.8 a State General
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Sep 9, 2025 - The Legislature has ratified labor agreements with 18 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units to make employees subject to PLP 2025. (An agreement with Bargaining Unit 8 is pending legislative approval to establish PLP 2025 for that unit.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Under the PLP 2025 established by the agreement, employees ’ pay would be reduced by 3  percent in 2025-26 and 2026-27. The PLP 2025 pay reduction offsets the 2025-26 GSI such that affected employees ’ take-home pay essentially is flat during PLP 2025 relative to current salary levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - If the number of claims remains steady at around 3,000 per year and the state processes all incoming claims, the annual employer tax would climb to $2  billion to $3  billion before stabilizing near that level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - After accounting for effects on unplanned overtime costs, we estimate that the agreement would result in state payroll costs for Unit 8-affiliated rank-and-file and excluded employees to increase by more than 3  percent relative to 2024-25 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - (Under the policy, the state continues to make pay-as-you-go payments for benefits received by retirees.) The money contributed by the state and employees to prefund the benefit is put in a trust fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, adaptation costs for schools might include higher utility bills from increased reliance on air conditioning during extremely hot days, making necessary facility modifications, and purchasing additional computers and technology upgrades to potentially allow for temporary shifts to remote learning when wildfires make air quality unsafe to attend school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Although pension benefits earned by state employees vary significantly, each pension formula is similar in that the pension rec eived by a state employee in retirement depends on (1)  their final salary level, (2)  their age upon retirement, and (3)  the number of years of service they have earned before retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047