By Trinda Lundholm on
3/8/2010 10:45 AM
The Obama administration has filed an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit against a state plan to cut or reduce subsidized in-home care to 130,000 seniors and disabled people in California.
Attorneys with the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division filed the brief Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth District.
An injunction in a lower federal court stopped the state with going forward with its plan pending the outcome of a suit filed by Disabled Rights California, the National Senior Citizens Law Center and others.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
3/5/2010 11:37 AM
SACRAMENTO – With 80 initiative proposals currently circulating throughout California, Secretary of State Debra Bowen reminded voters March 5 of their key rights and responsibilities when deciding whether to sign petitions.
Voters may call the Secretary of State’s Voter Hotline at (800) 345-VOTE to ask election-related questions, or to report potential election fraud or voter intimidation.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
3/4/2010 10:03 AM
SACRAMENTO BEE March 4
OAKLAND - A day after announcing his intention to run for governor, Attorney General Jerry Brown said in an interview Wednesday that he would look at reforming public employee pension programs if elected while opposing any move to privatize them.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
3/3/2010 3:12 PM
Bruised by heavy losses and wary of the economic road ahead, California's two big public pension funds are considering reducing their official forecasts of future investment results.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
3/2/2010 4:21 PM
Albert “Bert” Clark, who served as both a board member and Chapter 16 president for CSEA Retirees, Inc., passed away in Folsom at the age of 90 Feb. 13.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
3/2/2010 4:17 PM
The so-called California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility has suspended its efforts to place two measures on the November ballot to reduce the pension and health benefits for new public employee hires.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
3/2/2010 3:44 PM
Don LaPlante, the husband of former CSEA Retirees, Inc. President Barbara LaPlante, passed away Feb. 27. He was 88.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
2/26/2010 4:19 PM
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By Trinda Lundholm on
2/24/2010 2:30 PM
Despite their full-throated support for cutting public employee pension costs, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the leading GOP candidate to replace him, Meg Whitman, have backed away from supporting a ballot measure that would do just that.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
2/24/2010 1:01 PM
The California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility is suspending for now its efforts to obtain signatures to qualify its New Employees Benefits Reform Initiative for the November, 2010 ballot, according to a press release issued Feb. 24.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
2/22/2010 12:45 PM
Destroying something worthwhile, such as a pension system, is best achieved by misdirection, claiming that doing so is necessary to help solve a financial crisis or other problem. Calling it "reform" rather than destruction and distorting the facts or being untruthful are the other ingredients in sowing the poisonous seeds to weaken, then kill a healthy, worthwhile program that provides reasonable benefits to retired career public servants.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
2/18/2010 2:14 PM
California has plenty of company when it comes to not being able to pay its growing public pension costs, a Washington think tank says in a report to be released Thursday.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
2/18/2010 2:04 PM
The giant is stirring. The California Public Employees' Retirement System is sponsoring important legislation that would shine light on the shadowy world of placement agents. The bill is no panacea, but it could guard against abuses. The pension board deserves credit for pushing it forward.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
2/3/2010 12:08 PM
Re "Sparks fly at CalPERS forum on pension cost" (Page A1, Jan. 30): At the recent CalPERS forum on pension costs and at several public appearances, anti-public employee critics have deliberately spread untruths and exaggerations about the pensions I and thousands of public retirees have earned and deserve.
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By Trinda Lundholm on
2/1/2010 9:48 AM
CalPERS recently released the schedule of retirement check pay days for 2010. Retirement benefits are paid at the end of the month. For example, the payment you receive on or about the first of June is for your May benefits. For tax reasons, your December retirement check is always dated on the first day of the new year.
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