Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - Chapter 322 of 2021 (AB 73, Rivas) includes farmworkers in the definition of essential workers as it pertains to health emergencies, including during wildfire smoke events. Under this bill, farmworkers, as essential workers, must receive PPE from the state stockpile in a health emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6

Jun 14, 2019 - In order to comply with AB  2550, CDCR likely needs to recruit additional women correctional officers to work in its women ’s prisons. That being said, we do not know what is the necessary ratio of women to men correctional officers at female institutions in order to comply with AB  2550.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4078

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - PEPRA of 2013 (Chapter 296 of 2012 [AB 340, Furutani]) made changes to pension benefits structures for public employees, including teachers. As a result, CalSTRS’ benefits for members hired prior to when PEPRA took effect (January 1, 2013) are different from benefits for those hired after PEPRA took effect (January 1, 2013 and later).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Other Issues)

Jun 19, 2015 - Chapter  1, Statutes of 2015 (AB  91, Committee on Budget) —the emergency drought legislation passed in March  2015 —included $660  million (primarily from Proposition  1E) for flood protection projects in urban and rural areas, as well as for grants to local governments for local flood protection activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3278

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 26, 2019 - Specifically, beginning in 1975 ‑76, Chapter  723 of 1974 (AB  3801, Brown) required SPB to survey pay levels of officers in the five jurisdictions and to base its recommendations for highway patrol officers ’ salaries each year on the estimated average salary across the five jurisdictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4089

The 2020-21 Budget: Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Sep 9, 2020 - The new agreement reduces the number of classroom training hours by 32 hours —from 48 hours to 8 hours. The 32 hours of training is intended to become nonclassroom, on-the-job, or online training. The administration indicates that this will result in nearly $60  million in savings because the administration will not need to backfill officers who are attending classroom training with other officers who receive overtime payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4267

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - In addition, the administration estimates that extending the provisions of the proposed agreement to managers and supervisors would increase state costs in 2018-19 by $32  million ($2  million from the General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

CalSTRS Funding: An Update

May 5, 2017 - Chapter  47 of 2014 (AB 1469, Bonta) increases contributions to CalSTRS made by the state, school and community college districts (referred to as districts in this report), and teachers. The plan aims to fully fund CalSTRS by the mid ‑2040s.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3662

The 2021-22 Budget: Labor Agreements Ending Personal Leave Program 2020

Jun 25, 2021 - As of June 23, 2021, the number of cases among inmates is relatively low with 32 confirmed COVID-19 cases among inmates and 28 new cases in the last 14 days. According to the May 27, 2021 Joint Case Management Conference Statement from the federal court case, Marciano Plata, et al. v.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

The 2017-18 Budget: Increased Staffing for Labor Standards Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - Pursuant to Chapter  373 of 2016 (AB 1978, Gonzalez), janitorial services employers will become subject to similar requirements beginning July 2018. Proposes Trailer Bill Language Related to Various Enforcement Processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3602