The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - The package also includes additional funding to HCAI to research health care workforce shortages and best practices for developing a diverse workforce. Assessment Proposed Package Largely Conceptual, With Key Details Not Yet Developed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - While these four centers have sufficient space to accommodat e large vehicles required for commercial drive tests, the other test locations frequently do not, and often have to utilize public streets and alleys as well as shared parking lots to conduct the tests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2021-22 Budget: Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages

Feb 10, 2021 - When the Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages was proposed along with several other departmental reorganizations last year, our office developed a broad framework for considering proposals based on best practices identified from other governmental agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4361

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Maintaining regular and full payments to prefund the benefit is the best option to meet the policy goal of fully funding the benefit. Budget Three-Party Budget Deal Assumes Savings from State Employee Compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As such, the normal cost for the benefit earned by employees is the best estimate of the value of the employer-provided benefits earned today by employees and therefore the best way to compare pension benefits across employers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Governor Presented —and Union Rejected —Last Best and Final Offer (LBFO) in December 2023. The mediation process ended on December 13, 2023 with the parties failing to reach an agreement. The administration submitted its LBFO to CAPS on December 19, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - CAAP is a panel of appointed actuaries tasked under state law to provide public agencies impartial and independent information on retirement benefits and actuarial best practices. In a March 11, 2024 letter in response to a request from the Legislative Committee of the State Association of County Retirement Systems, the actuarial panel provided insights into the cost considerations for DROPs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - Bargaining Unit 2 (Attorneys and Hearing Officers) and Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists) are exceptions and would b e subject to PLP 2025 for only 16 months; however, employees represented by these two bargaining units would be subject to a larger pay offset than the other bargaining units during months of PLP 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - For example, the state pays a percentag e of employees ’ pay to fund pension benefits. During a furlough, the state ’s contributions towards pension benefits is made as a percentage of the reduced salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - If these pay increases were extended to excluded employees affiliated with Unit 5, the pay increases would increa se annual state costs by around $300  million by 2026-27. Other Provisions Related to Pay Resident Post Incentive Pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920