The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - In 2023 ‑24, the CalSTRS Board set the state ’s supplemental rate to 6.311  percent (the same rate the state has paid for the past few years), while the “unconstrained ” actuarially required rate —what the CalSTRS Board could set as the state ’s rate if it had full rate ‑setting authority to meet the goal of eliminating unfunded liabilities by 2046 —would be around 3.5  percent according to CalSTRS ’ most recent actuarial valuation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis [Publication Details]

Aug 25, 2022 - Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4619

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - As Figure  1 shows, the administration estimates that the proposed agreement with Unit 2 would increase annual state costs associated with rank-and-file state attorneys and hearing officers by $100.2  million by 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Specifically, the data suggest that the Secretary of State (SOS) has a vacancy rate of 49  percent. In fact, however, in 2022 ‑23, the average monthly vacancy rate for SOS was 27  percent. The SCO and SOS reported that the 49  percent vacancy rate was not correct and that it was the result of internal processing issues at SCO.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

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

Feb 15, 2022 - At the same time that the backlog of delayed UI  claims was increasing, fraudulent activity in the new federal benefit program for self ‑employed workers spiked. Figure  2 shows the sudden and unexpected increase in claims for the PUA program during the early summer of 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The proposed MOU would make the JLMC a standing committee with no set date to conclude its activities. The administration indicates that this JLMC improved communication between the union and the department to better assist inju red employees seek proper medical aid and return to work as quickly as possible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We raised concerns in 2018 that CalHR provided no supporting evidence to justify Unit 6 pay increases despite it being required by state law (see our May 2018 analysis ). We raised concerns in 2019 that CalHR withheld (and continues to withhold) a compensation study it completed in 2018 (see our June 2019 analysis ) and proceeded to not produce compensation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Though the upfront costs can be high, the federal and state governments tend to value R &D given that so many people potentially can benefit from new discoveries and technologies. Moreover, climate change R &D could be viewed as particularly warranted in California because the state has set its own GHG reduction goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Figure  2 shows the contribution rates that are suspended under the agreements and the year in which the rates will return to levels that otherwise would be in place in 2025-26. Figure 2 Summary of Provisions to Suspend Employer and Employee OPEB Prefunding Under Ratified Agreements Rates as a Percentage of Pay Unit Rates Suspended in 2025 ‑26
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Figure  3 shows the average monthly salaries of Unit 12 members, adjusted for inflation. The figure shows a significant decline in average adjusted monthly salary for Unit 12 members over the past couple of decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060