{"id":13338,"date":"2011-04-01T01:02:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T01:02:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-01T01:13:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T01:13:09","slug":"jerry-brown-opens-a-can-of-pension-reform-whoopass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/01\/jerry-brown-opens-a-can-of-pension-reform-whoopass\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Brown Opens a Can of Pension Reform Whoop Ass"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

As we wrote earlier today,<\/p>\n

Anger about overly generous public employee pensions is the only single issue where the Republicans’ messaging polls well<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Without pensions as a rallying cry, Republicans are left with a series of positions that are wildly unpopular with Californians. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As reported in Sacramento Bee,<\/a> Jerry Brown is taking this issue off the table by proposing the package of pension reforms that he has already agreed to with Republicans.<\/p>\n

State workers will howl, especially the public safety unions,  but it will avert a much harsher Republican initiative which is designed to cripple public employee pensions.<\/p>\n

Republicans sacrificed their place at the table, and now we will see how Republican legislators play their game as petulant spoilers opposed to everything. They didn’t want to agree to eliminating waste and corruption by eliminating redevelopment and enterprise zones.<\/p>\n

Will Republicans really have the gall to oppose pension reforms?<\/p>\n

For the Governor’s press release click “read more”.<\/p>\n

3-31-2011<\/p>\n

SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today released the actual bill language of seven separate pension reform measures.<\/p>\n

In addition, Brown listed five other specific pension reforms that he is developing. These include a pension benefit cap, limits on post-retirement public employment, hybrid defined contribution\/benefit options, an action plan to address CalSTRS unfunded liability, and a measure to change and improve the board governance of CalPERS and CalSTRS.<\/p>\n

All 12 of these pension reform measures were presented and discussed in detail with Republican legislators. Talks broke down, however, over other issues.<\/p>\n

Brown intends to introduce these pension reforms with or without Republican support.<\/p>\n

Information on all twelve pension reforms is available below.<\/p>\n

For bill language, please email elizabeth.ashford@gov.ca.gov.<\/p>\n

PENSION REFORM PROPOSAL
\n
APPLIES TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
\n
MARCH 2011<\/p>\n

1. Eliminate Purchase of Airtime. Would eliminate the opportunity, for all current and future employee members of all state and local retirement systems, to purchase additional retirement service credit. (RN 14777) (Note Walters, SB 522, would eliminate Air Time)<\/p>\n

2. Prohibit Pension Holidays. All California public agencies would be prohibited from suspending employer and\/or employee contributions necessary to fund the normal cost of pension benefits. (RN 14777)<\/p>\n

3. Prohibit Employers from Making Employee Pension Contributions. All California public agencies would be prohibited from making employee contributions that fund the normal cost of employee retirement benefits in whole or in part. (RN 14777)<\/p>\n

4. Prohibit Retroactive Pension Increases. All California public agencies would be prohibited from granting any retroactive pension benefit increases, such as benefit formula improvements that credit prior service. (RN 14777)<\/p>\n

5. Prohibit Pension Spiking: Three Year Final Compensation. Final compensation for new employees would be defined as the highest average annual compensation during a consecutive 36 month period. (RN 14777)<\/p>\n

6. Prohibit Pension Spiking: Define Compensation as Only Regular, Non-recurring Pay. Compensation means normal rate of pay or base pay. (RN 14777) (Note Simitian, SB 27, would exclude from defined benefit changes in compensation principally for the purpose of enhancing benefits; would place stricter limits on creditable compensation)<\/p>\n

7. Felony Convictions. Prohibits payment of pension benefits to those who commits a felony related to their employment. (RN 14777) (*Note Strickland, SB 115, similar prohibition)<\/p>\n

PROPOSALS UNDER DEVELOPMENT<\/p>\n

Impose Pension Benefit Cap.<\/p>\n

Improve Retirement Board Governance<\/p>\n

Limit Post-Retirement Public Employment<\/p>\n

Hybrid Option<\/p>\n

Address CalSTRS Unfunded Liability
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

As we wrote earlier today,<\/p>\n

Anger about overly generous public employee pensions is the only single issue where the Republicans’ messaging polls well<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Without pensions as a rallying cry, Republicans are left with a series of positions that are wildly unpopular with Californians. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As reported in Sacramento Bee,<\/a> Jerry Brown is taking this issue off the table by proposing the package of pension reforms that he has already agreed to with Republicans.<\/p>\n

State workers will howl, especially the public safety unions,  but it will avert a much harsher Republican initiative which is designed to cripple public employee pensions.<\/p>\n

Republicans sacrificed their place at the table, and now we will see how Republican legislators play their game as petulant spoilers opposed to everything. They didn’t want to agree to eliminating waste and corruption by eliminating redevelopment and enterprise zones.<\/p>\n

Will Republicans really have the gall to oppose pension reforms?<\/p>\n

For the Governor’s press release click “read more”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2388,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[204],"tags":[7516],"class_list":["post-13338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-204","tag-7516"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-3t8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}