The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - In the report, CalHR identifies the “lead” or “lag” of state compensation where the state compensates its employees more or less, respectively, relative to the other employers. CalHR uses the same methodology for most bargaining units for their compensation studies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Sep 12, 2019 - The department gathered salary and benefit data from city and county governments in locations where there are DOJ legal offices. With a few exceptions in certain localities, the DOJ study found that benefits do not vary greatly across the comparison groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4095

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - As we discuss in our March 2024 analysis , CalFire is changing its overall staffing model from one where the department progressively ramps up staffing levels between March and June for summer preparedness and ramps down staffing levels from October to December for winter preparedness to one where it maintains a base staffing level in January, February, and March and then a peak staffing level April through December with no transition period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The five jurisdictions are the City and County of San Francisco; Los Angeles County; and the Cities of Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Diego. This statutory comparison predates the state employee collective bargaining process established by the Ral ph C.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - If, instead, the survey was based on the six counties where the most Unit  6 members work —the Counties of Kern, Kings, Riverside, Solano, Monterey, and Sacramento —the study would have included counties where more than 50  percent of Unit  6 members work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Costs for cities and counties might include adding drainage to roads to manage more intense rain events, or modifying water treatment plants located along the coast to accommodate higher sea levels. …And Private Residents and Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Effective July 1, 2024, employees represented by Unit 10 whose designated reporting office is located in the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, or the City and County of San Francisco would receive a monthly $250 geographic pay differential.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, should the state target workforce development and training programs specifically to address workers from industries and regions where climate change impacts result in significant job losses?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - However, where inflation is headed over the term of the agreement is unknown. Persistently high inflation over the term of the agreement could significantly weaken the purchasing power of Unit 9 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 7, 2023 - While some employees work in various departments, most work for the Department of General Services (DGS) at the Office of State Publishing where the state budget, bills and laws, and other state documents are printed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4799