The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - CalHR and the union representing state firefighters (Cal FIRE Local 2881), mutually agreed upon a sample of 20 local fire departments to include in the survey (Bakersfield City, Chula Vista City, Corona City, Escondido City, Fullerton City, Hayward City, Huntington Beach, Livermore-Pleasanton
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

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

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

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 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - Moreover, if inflation remains elevated, state employees ’ purchasing power likely will be further eroded by the end of the agreement as the other GSIs are lower. Alternatively, if inflation continues to fall, the GSIs could be closer to the rate of inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

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

Sep 7, 2023 - These SSAs combined with the GSIs and other pay increases could make it so that many employees would not exp erience a loss in purchasing power if inflation were to persist at elevated levels. Administration Offers No Justification for SSAs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4799

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - Concessions from state employees in 2023-24 would be difficult to negotiate when (1)  employees ’ purchasing power has been eroded considerably since 2020 by inflation and (2)  state employees voluntarily agreed to receive pay cuts in 2020-21 through PLP 2020 to help address a budget problem that never materialized.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers)

Jun 24, 2022 - Under the current MOU, employees are eligible for reimbursement for purchasing required footwear, up to $164 every two years. The proposed agreement would reclassify this payment as an allowance rather than a reimbursement and increase the amount employees receive to $200 each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4607

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Inflation may remain elevated, in which case the pay increases provided by this agreement might not be sufficient to preserve employees ’ purchasing power. Alternatively, if inflation continues to fall, the state could end up providing pay increases above the rate of inflation under the agreement, resulting in the state potentially paying more than might be necessary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Sep 7, 2021 - Of the 20 local jurisdictions included, 16 are cities, 2 are counties, and 2 are fire districts. The study compared four state classifications with local counterparts: Firefighter II, Fire Apparatus Engineer, Fire Captain (Range A), and Battalion Chief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4451