The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - How will the administration notify the Legislature what reductions are made in the state budget? Should reductions made under this proposal that would not negatively affect departmental operations or services be ongoing reductions rather than one time?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - As a pension system matures, its cash flow changes from a positive cash flow (more money coming into the system than is being paid out to beneficiaries) to a negative cash flow (more money is being paid out to beneficiaries than is coming into the system).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - At What Level of Budget Problem Does the Administration View Reductions in Employee Compensation Necessary? What Principles Would Guide the Administration at the Bargaining Table to Seek Concessions From Bargaining Units?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The provisions of the ratified MOU will further increase state costs by an unknown amount above what was envisioned in the 2024-25 budget. Reporting on Effects of Shorter Duty Week Not Expected Until Spring 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - One key question will be what role state programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities, and how they should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - While these challenges are daunting, the state can help address negative impacts by proactively and deliberately assessing, planning, and preparing for these impacts. As described above, inaction likely will have significant statewide health and economic consequences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

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

Jun 27, 2025 - While we are not at the bargaining table and do not know what issues were discussed, we feel it was a missed opportunity for the parties to not find a solution that simplified the prefunding arrangement while also helping address the current budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We note that overtime costs in 2020-21 increased 12  percent compared with 2019-20; however, we cannot assess what share of this increase was due to PLP 2020, operational effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, or other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Under the budget agreement adopted in June, the administration ’s multiyear estimates beyond the budget window reflect a negative balance in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties, the state ’s main operating account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

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

Jul 14, 2025 - While we are not at the bargaining table and do not know what issues were discussed, we feel it was a missed opportunity for the parties to not find a solution that simplified the prefunding arrangement while also helping address the current budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064