The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation [Publication Details]

Mar 21, 2024 - In this post, we analyze the Governor's proposals to (1) use vacancy rates to identify one-time unallocated spending reductions across state departments through a budget exercise, (2) eliminate the telework stipend established under current labor agreements, and (3) defer June 2025 payroll by one day to reduce state payroll costs in 2024-25 by one month's payroll.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4888

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - The Government Code used to include language requiring the State Controller ’s Office (SCO) to abolish certain authorized positions that were vacant for six consecutive months. Under this process, a department ’s expenditure authority was not affected by any position authority being abolished.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The proposed agreement specifies that overtime would not be authorized in order for a Unit 5 member to participate in a civil service examination. Continuation of Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Pension Board Has Full Rate Setting Authority. The CalPERS Board has full rate ‑setting authority to establish required employer contributions. As we discuss later in this analysis, employers may not pay less than the amount established by CalPERS; however, employers can choose to pay more than the CalPERS Board establishes as the actuarially determined contribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - For reference, as of December 2023, there were 4,724 authorized Unit 8 positions. Our analysis of the proposal can be found here . The Legislature approved the Governor’s proposal and incorporated the appropriation in the final budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - Though the Legislature has authority to modify economic provisions of ratified MOUs through its appropriation authority, in practice, it is difficult for the Legislature to exercise this authority. Uncertainty Makes Legislative Flexibility Even More Important.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - On September 1, 2023, CAPS membership voted to authorize a strike , allowing the union leadership to call a strike. Impasse Declared in September 2023. The union requested that the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) officially determine that the state and Unit 10 had reached an impasse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Though the Legislature has authority to modify economic provisions of ratified MOUs through its appropriation authority, in practice, it is difficult for the Legislature to exercise this authority. By 2025 ‑26 —the last year of this agreement —General Fund revenues could be tens of billions of dollars higher or lower than current estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

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

Sep 7, 2023 - Though the Legislature has authority to modify economic provisions of ratified MOUs through its appropriation authority, in practice, it is difficult for the Legislature to exercise this authority. Uncertainty Makes Legislative Flexibility Even More Important.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4799

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

Sep 1, 2023 - While there currently is one authorized position in this classification, the administration’s fiscal estimates indicate that the administration proposes adding 10.5 additional positions in the classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797