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California State Employees Association - Retirees

Feb 8	Capitol Alert: Newt Gingrich to speak at California Republican Party convention: Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is bringing his campaign to California later this month. FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich campaigns in Las Vegas. Politicians of all stripes in this election year are clamoring for...
Feb 8	Obama raises most Sacramento cash; Romney gaining: Presidential candidates raised more than $800,000 from donors in the Sacramento region during 2011, according to new data from the Federal Election Commission. FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Washington. Politicians of all stripes in this election yea...

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The State Worker

Feb 7	See SEIU Local 1000 political action committees' 2011 spending: This is the first in a series of posts that will detail the 2011 political spending by California state workers' unions. The records are downloaded from the California Secretary of State's office and reflect activity filed as of Jan. 31, 2012. A political action committees operated by S...
Feb 7	California Prison Industry Authority: Agency business costs hurt bottom line : After years of profitability, the California Prison Industry Authority suffered a $15.3 million loss last year, according to its latest annual report to the state Legislature. The losses in fiscal 2010-11 came from a $17.4 million drop in operating revenues and $8.6 million the self-fun...

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Calpensions

Feb 7	CalSTRS funding gap widens, so does solution: The CalSTRS board last week adopted a lower earnings forecast, making it more likely that a century-old tradition of underfunding at one of the nation’s oldest public pension funds is likely to continue. Closing a wider funding gap, the result of expecting less money from future investment earn...
Jan 30	Pension earnings dip amid gloomy forecasts: The nation’s two largest public pension funds last week reported slim annual investment earnings, CalPERS 1.1 percent and CalSTRS 2.3 percent, as experts continue to say hitting their long-term earnings target, 7.75 percent, will be difficult. While CalPERS reported weak earnings in 2011, a pro...

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California School Employees Association

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SEIU Local 1000

Retired Public Employees Association

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Type of community: Investor Headquarters: Sacramento California USA Regional scope: California

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Description: CalPERS manages pension and health benefits for more than 1.6 million California public employees, retirees, and their families. The second largest public pension fund in the US, they are internationally known for their shareowner activism.

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