The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - Under our high ‑cost scenario, the payoff occurs in 2032. Neither of these scenarios capture the possibility of another recession sometime this decade. Should that occur, payoff of the federal loan would extend well beyond 2032.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

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

Jun 27, 2025 - The current form of the budget deal between the two houses of the Legislature and the Governor ( AB 102, Gabriel ) assumes that state employee compensation will be reduced in 2025-26. Control Section 3.90 specifies that “the Legislature finds that the savings will likely be needed to maintain the sound fiscal condition of the state.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Following a recommendation from our office, Chapter 39 of 2023 (AB 130, Committee on Budget) amended Section 19826 of the Government Code to establish a regularly occurring cycle so that a new compensation study for each bargaining unit would be released every two years, regardless of the status of its MOU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test [Publication Details] The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test Format: HTML Description: The 2020‑21 Governor’s budget includes two labor proposals related to Chapter 296 of 2019 (AB 5, Gonzalez), a new law that limits what types of work businesses can hire independent contractors to do.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4151

The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test

Feb 11, 2020 - Analysis Predicting AB  5 Workload Difficult at This Early Stage . . . As we noted earlier, at this time we cannot predict how many contractors will be reclassified and hired as employees due to AB  5.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151

Federal Paid Leave for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020 - H.R.  6201 does not affect the availability of sick leave under AB  1522. Instead, H.R.  6201 provides additional paid leave benefits on top of those currently provided by AB  1522 or employer policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4212

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - In addition, the budget package includes $3.4  million General Fund and 24 positons at EDD to implement AB  5. The department requested resources for AB  5 because its payroll tax auditors must determine if a worker is an independent contractor or an employee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Specifically, beginning in 1975-76, Chapter  723 of 1974 (AB  3801, Brown) required SPB to survey pay levels of officers in the five jurisdictions and to base its recommendations for highway patrol officers ’ salaries each year on the estimated average salary across the five jurisdictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Pensions

Oct 12, 2020 - The California State Teachers ’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) Funding Plan, Chapter  47 of 2014 (AB  1469, Bonta), gave the CalSTRS board limited authority to increase the state ’s contribution rate to the pension system ’s Defined Benefit program by up to 0.5  percent of payroll annually, beginning in 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4279

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6

Jun 14, 2019 - In order to comply with AB  2550, CDCR likely needs to recruit additional women correctional officers to work in its women ’s prisons. That being said, we do not know what is the necessary ratio of women to men correctional officers at female institutions in order to comply with AB  2550.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4078