Will Prop. 30 Pass? Here’s Some Historical Perspective
What’s the likely outcome for Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed tax increase? That’s the million-dollar question – well, OK, the $6-billion question – for the California political community at the moment. Prop. 30 is ahead in the most recent IGS/Field Poll, 51-36 with 13 percent undecided. A nearly simultaneous PPIC Poll has remarkably similar […]
San Diego Case Asks: Can Unions Boot Pension Reform from the Ballot?
If taxpayers want to curb pension costs with a ballot measure, do they need an OK from unions before they start collecting signatures? San Diego’s Municipal Employees Association seems to think so. The MEA, which represents 6,000 workers on the city payroll, wants government unions to have a gatekeeper role in the initiative process — […]
The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look
Editor’s note: The Manhattan Institute issued a new study on why California has changed from a state people seek to live in to one that people move from and attempts to analyze the reasons for the change. Below is the Executive Summary of the report. The full study can be found here. For decades after […]
Public Pension Transparency: Lipservice vs. Reality
Growing public pension costs strain agency budgets and jeopardize services to the public. So it’s no surprise that, as pension liabilities multiply, government retirement systems frequently are in the news. However, the Contra Costa County Employees’ Retirement Association (CCCERA, “suhs-air-uh”) apparently prefers to fly under the radar. CCCERA is an independent governmental entity, separate and […]