Analyst says state contracts will cost more than Jerry Brown thinks

How expensive are the 13 state labor contracts that are going to ratification votes this month?

About $100 million more than Gov. Jerry Brown’s team estimated when it tallied up the costs of the deals, according to a new report from the Legislative Analyst’s Office.

More than half of the state’s workforce is voting on labor agreements this month that generally would raise their pay by about 11.5 percent over four years while adjusting a number of other policies that may drive up spending on overtime and allow employees to cash out more of their unused vacation time.