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

Feb 15, 2022 - The lack of data standards has for many years caused supply chain inefficiencies. Unfortunately, prior international efforts to harmonize data standards among the various stakeholders have been unsuccessful.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Mar 10, 2022 - Much  of the data about workforce shortages pre ‑date the onset of the COVID ‑19 pandemic, however, some information is available. For example, in 2021, UCSF researchers found that the state currently is experiencing a shortage of registered nurses due to the impacts of the COVID ‑19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Comparing statewide payroll data from December 2015 with data from December 2023, the statewide vacancy rate increased 62  percent from 13  percent of positions being vacant to 21  percent of positions being vacant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - A compensation study aggregates and analyzes internal and external data so that an employer can compare the compensation structure it offers with that provided by similar employers to similar employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - While di minimis in the broader context of the state budget, this could be a meaningful amount for a particularly small department with an employee on union leave. Second, the administration ’s fiscal estimates do not reflect that the agreement would reduce the leave cap by 192 hours 6 months earlier than the current MOU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - In 2021, the most recent year for which we have injury data, we estimate that 3,500 workers suffered workplace injuries of this severity. Coincidentally, roughly the same number of workers have filed SIBTF claims annually in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - Furthermore, a recent study linked exposure to wildfire smoke during the 2020 fire season to increased incidence of COVID‑19 infection and fatalities, suggesting smoke exposure can lead to additional health vulnerabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - In calendar year 2024, data from the State Controller ’s Office indicate that rank-and-file Unit 8 salaries totaled $518  million and overtime payments to these employees totaled $294  million —57  percent of their base salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - CalHR ’s compensation study did not include data to suggest that the state has unique challenges keeping physician or dentist positions filled. In the case of dentists, the vacancy rate was 10  percent, which is much lower than the statewide average 21  percent vacancy rate and the 31  percent vacancy rate across Unit 16 positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Data on Which Proposal Is Premised Has at Least One Glitch. The vacancy data used by the administration to estimate the savings assumed in the budget are maintained by SCO. While these data are the best available for statewide vacancies and position authority, we did identify one significant glitch in the data when we spot checked them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888