The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Ask Administration Questions. We recommend that the Legislature ask the administration questions to better understand the administration ’s proposal and also to help the Legislature determine its priorities when it comes to state employee compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The Legislature could find itself in a situation where it is asked to approve a new retirement benefit without sufficient information to understand whether the policy is warranted (for example, due to notable staffing shortages) and/or the risks the benefit could create for the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - These wildfires have placed significant strains on the state ’s firefighters, many of whom have been asked to work for extended periods with few breaks. These long periods of work have been difficult for firefighters as well as for their families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - We understand from the administration that these wildfires have placed significant strains on the state ’s firefighters, many of whom have been asked to work for extended periods of time with few breaks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Since it ratified the Unit 6 agreement, the Legislature has been asked to consider MOUs for Bargaining Units 2 (pending ratification), 9 (pending ratification), 13 (ratified), and 18 (pending ratification).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - The proposed agreement includes a new side letter that specifies that, if the agreement were to be ratified, CalHR and CAPS-UAW each would ask PERB to stay and/or abey the two pending ULP cases brought by the parties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Under the current MOU, employees may be asked to provide substantiation that a qualified death occurred. The proposed agreement would (1)  require that such requests for substantiation must be made within 30 days of the first day of leave and (2)  specify what types of documentation could be used as substantiation (for example, a death certificate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - The Legislature may wish to ask the administration whether these software tools could be useful in more targeted, special  circumstances. Reject Anti ‑Fraud Consulting Contracts, Require EDD to Outline Benefits and Consider Trade ‑Offs First.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Since it ratified the Unit 6 agreement, the Legislature has been asked to consider MOUs for Bargaining Units 2 (pending ratification), 9 (pending ratification), 13 (ratified), and 18 (pending ratification).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Because of these concerns, we highlight questions below for budget committees to consider asking the administration. Why did the administration choose vacant positions as the metric to identify savings?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888