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1 22%
Sacramento Bee > The State Worker
2019 Jun California DMV will shut down all its offices for Real ID training: California’s Department of Motor Vehicles announced on Monday it will close all of its offices for half a day on July 24 to train workers on the federally mandated Real … Click to Continue »
2019 Jun Getting ready for recession, California’s $215 billion budget fills reserves. But is it enough?: Stung by severe cuts to services in the Great Recession, California lawmakers are riding the state’s booming economy to put more money than ever into savings accounts meant to soften … Click to Continue »
2019 Jun Caltrans is paying for top official’s San Diego-to-Sacramento flights, and her apartment: Caltrans has been paying for its director to commute to Sacramento from her home in San Diego since she was appointed early last year, according to travel records. The state … Click to Continue »
2 21%
Calpensions
2019 Jun CalPERS using more ESG in investment strategy: CalPERS is stepping up its ESG investment program, despite evidence that funds based only on environmental, social and corporate governance strategies have tended to underperform. The big pension system, an early ESG leader, is half-way through a five-year plan that includes getting companies t...
2019 Jun New state-run IRA for private sector opens July 1: A new state workplace retirement savings program, CalSavers, will open to an estimated 250,00 to 300,000 employers on July 1 — offering an automatic IRA payroll deduction for the 7.5 million California workers with no retirement plan on the job. The massive program, expected to handle billions ...
2019 May Governor boosts school pension cost relief plan: School districts, some saying CalSTRS rates are forcing cuts in programs and teacher pay, would get more pension cost relief under a revised state budget proposed last week by Gov. Newsom. The governor’s $700 million plan to lower school pension costs during the last two years of a seven-year C...
3 14%
California State Employees Association - Retirees
4 14%
PensionTsunami
2018 Aug PensionTsunami Is Taking a Four-Day Weekend: Pension news has been very sparse lately and the past two weeks have been especially ?? trying as well as very hot ?? so we??re going to take off early for the Labor Day weekend. See you on Tuesday! ?? Jack Dean, Editor
2018 Jul PensionTsunami is taking a break: We??re taking my favorite holiday ?? the Fourth of July ?? as an opportunity to rejuvenate for several days. We may post a headline or two each day if they seem important, but otherwise we hope to be back with full daily news of escalating state and local government pension crises on Monday. ...
5 10%
PERSWatch
2015 Dec A Response to Yves Smith on CalPERS: Yes, The Twelve Days of CalPERS by Yves Smith at naked capitalism is very witty, but it plays into the hands of those who would like to see public pensions dismantled. I like some of the work Yves Smith has  have been reporting on CalPERS, which obviously needs not only watching but needs t...
2014 Aug CalPERS Candidate Forum: September 16, 2014: CalPERS Auditorium Looking Toward Board Seats Please attend the upcoming CalPERS Candidate Forum. Sorry, I haven??t been keeping this site up but have concentrated on Corporate Governance. However, another election cycle is coming up at CalPERS. State and local government employees will each e...
6 7%
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
2018 Apr CalPERS Issues Circular Letter Regarding Employer Obligations for Out-of-Class Appointments, But Many Questions Remain: This post was authored by Michael Youril. On April 27, 2018, the California Public Employees?? Retirement System (??CalPERS?) issued Circular Letter No.: 200-021-18, which discusses limitations imposed on ??out-of-class appointments? by Assembly Bill 1487, which added Government Code secti...
2018 Mar CalPERS Reduces Amortization Period with Impacts to Employer Contribution Rates: This post was authored by Stephanie J. Lowe and Frances Rogers. The California Public Employees?? Retirement System (CalPERS) recently decided to change its Actuarial Amortization Policy (??Amortization Policy?), which will impact employer contribution rates for contracting agencies. The revi...
7 6%
California School Employees Association
8 5%
Retired Public Employees Association of California
9 1%
SEIU Local 1000

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