The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - As we noted in our 2021 analysis, a regular and consistent schedule for the release of compensation studies allows the Legislature, administration, unions, and public much more consistent information about state employee compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - For many years, there has been significant disagreement between CAPS and the state as to how much state scientists should be paid. The disagreement primarily stems from union-raised pay equity concerns between two sets of employees: (1)  between Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) and Unit 10 rank-and-file workers and (2)  between unit 10 rank-and-file workers and their supervisors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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 - The administration estimates that this provision could increase state costs by as much as $25  million. The actual cost will depend on how many employees cash out leave and how much leave they choose to cash out.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Pension boards determine —either according to actuarial standards or statutory requirements —how much money employers must contribute to the pension system each year to address any existing unfunded liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Coastal Flooding and Erosion From Rising Sea Levels Sea levels along the California coast are projected to rise by about six inches by 2030 and as much as seven to ten feet by 2100 compared to 2000 levels, depending upon the degree of warming the planet experiences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - For many years, there has been significant disagreement between CAPS and the state as to how much state scientists should be paid. The disagreement primarily stems from union-raised pay equity concerns between two sets of employees: (1)  between Unit 9 and Unit 10 rank-and-file workers and (2)  between unit 10 rank-and-file workers and their supervisors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Pensions

Oct 12, 2020 - The 2020 ‑21 Spending Plan repurposes the $2.3  billion supplemental payment to buy down districts ’ contribution rates further in 2020 ‑21 and also to lower districts ’ rates in 2021 ‑22. Whereas the supplemental CalSTRS and CalPERS payments would have reduced pension costs over the long run (akin to paying principal on a mortgage), repurposing the supplemental payments as rate relief payments does not reduce long-run costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4279

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Administration Assigns No Role to Legislature in Determining How to Allocate Reductions. Under the administration ’s proposal, the Legislature would have no role in determining how to allocate reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - While the fiscal impact of this reauthorization would be small in the budget window —an estimated $300  million in 2023 ‑ 24 —the effect would be much larger in future years, rising to roughly $2  billion in General Fund savings as early as 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662