MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Study Not Helpful For the reasons described above, we find that CalHR ’s 2022 Unit  6 compensation study is not helpful in assessing how the state ’s total compensation for state correctional officers compares with the six counties included in the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) [Publication Details]

Sep 7, 2023 - We reviewed the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections). This review is pursuant to Section 19829.5 of the Government Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4800

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - While this action could help address the multiyear deficits that both our office and Department of Finance project for the coming years, it would not (1)  help the state address the significant budget problem the state faces in 2024 ‑25 or (2)  pay down unfunded liabilities faster than otherwise would be the case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - This, in turn, could provide some additional time off for firefighters, thus helping to address concerns about fatigue that have resulted from these recent wildfire seasons. Major Provisions of Proposed MOU Term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Parties Agreed to Side Letter to Reduce Employee Pay Through Personal Leave Program 2020 (PLP 2020) … To help address a projected state budget problem in 2020-21, the state negotiated reductions in employee compensation with all 21 state bargaining units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - While the jobs performed by employees represented by SEIU Local 1000 and CHP officers are dramatically different, the comparison helps put CHP officer compensation into the context of the “typical ” state employee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - A compensation study helps an organization ensure that it is using its limited resources efficiently and effectively by not paying its employees more than is required in order to retain them. Maintains Internal Equity of Compensation Structures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - As we discussed in 2019 , when the state undid the 2009‑10 payroll deferral, it created a reserve-like benefit to the state in the sense that the payroll deferral could be redone at some future date to help address a future budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - Similar to Past Actions, the Governor ’s 2021 ‑22 Budget Proposes Some Steps to Help Funding Plan Stay on Track. Since 2019 ‑20, the state has made supplemental payments that help pay down the state ’s share of CalSTRS ’ UAO.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400