Recent Online Media
CalPERS: There is No Arrogance in Following the Law
OPINION: Don’t condemn pension commitments to public workers
Courthouse News Service: Attorney Just Made Things Worse, Client Says
Pension “wave has crested” -- Public employees have done their part
He worked for it
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/California-pension-reform-needs-thought-3739150.php
U-T San Diego: Pension costs squeeze San Diego budget
Public Pension Unfunded Liability: Fact Versus Fiction
Contra Costa Times Letters to the Editor of Note by Police Veteran
Huffington Post: 5 Myths About Public Employee Pensions
National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) Letter to the Washington Post
California Safety Officers Band Together Against Pension Legislation
Modesto Bee: TIETJEN: False claims overshadow progress in bargaining pension reform
San Diego Business Journal: County Pension Fund Boasts 6.42 Percent Return
Los Angeles County Coalition of Unions Opposes Pension Legislation
Dave Low in Fox & Hounds: Costa's Pension Initiative: Devil is in the Details
Potential Impact of Governor Brown’s Pension Reform Plan on Low Wage Workers
Sacramento Bee: California pension fund earnings outpaced other states in 2011
CRS Member Maricruz Manzanarez in La Opinión: Las pensiones son justas
Senate GOP’s Sudden Interest in Fixing Pensions
Mercury News: State Auditor calls San Jose pension estimates 'unsupported'
Pension 'reformers' distort facts on benefits
Fact Check: Public Employees Already Are Giving at the Office for their Pensions
San Francisco Chronicle: Pension reform not priority with voters, poll says
Pension scare tactics ignore the changes already made
Flawed Report by Marcia Fritz
Fox and Hounds: Pension Reform Needs to Be Done Right, Not Just Right Now
Opinion: It's time to tell the truth about public pensions
The Devil is in the Details
CRS Chairman Dave Low in the Los Angeles Times: Public pension security for California
"Pension Truth Squad" kicks off statewide tour in San Francisco
Why Pension Plans Are Good For Workers
NBC Investigation: San Jose Pension Estimates Questioned
Assemblyman Sandre Swanston in Oakland Tribune: Middle Class Under Attack
The Sky is Not Falling
CRS Ron Cottingham in the North County Times
Californians Need Debate on Retirement Security Based on Facts, Not Scare Tactics
Secret Out-of-State Donor Financing Assault on California's Middle Class
CRS Chairman Dave Low in the Sacramento Bee: Public employees support pension fix
Pension Reform Reality Check
Pot, Meet Kettle
UC Berkeley Study: Half of Californians will Retire in Poverty
Fact Check: Pension Givebacks
KPSP Local: Pension Truth Squad Comes to Valley
In Sacramento, a need for 'reform' school
The Maddy Report Discusses Public Employee Unions
Roger (Niello) & Me
KPSP Local 2: Pension Truth Squad Comes to Valley
Are State Workers Overpaid?
Palm Springs Desert Sun: Statewide effort counters drive to slash budget
Studies: Pension “Crisis” a Myth
Sacramento Bee: Study calculates savings from 'pension reform' proposals
Bloomberg: Enron Billionaire Bankrolls California Advocate for Public Pension Changes
Calaveras Enterprise: CalPERS benefits stimulate economy
Capital Public Radio: Pension Overhaul Efforts Face Big Hurdles
Sacramento Bee: Six factors are working against getting a statewide public pension "reform" initiative on the ballot next year:
Fresno Bee: Public employees/retirees say their pensions are fair
Sacramento Bee Viewpoints: Public pension vitriol is in fashion – and unfair
Sacramento Bee State Worker Blog: Biggest obstacle to pension reform may be pension reformers
Sac Bee State Worker Blog: Union coalition hammers latest pension study
Sac Bee: Unions challenge 'pension-gutting agenda' amid budget talks
Voice of San Diego: The 401(k)'s Sticker Shock
San Francisco Chronicle: Bargaining, not balloting, to fix Oakland pensions
Capitol Weekly Opinion: Time for the pension-reform boogeymen to face the facts
SALINAS CALIFORNIAN SPECIAL REPORT: Average Monterey County pensioners may not warrant the headlines
Sacramento Bee State Worker Blog: Niello abandons pension initiative
Riverside Press-Enterprise: Labor coalition counters what it calls pension myths during Riverside stop
Teachers, Women & Americans Need Pensions
Capitol Weekly Opinion: Corporate, right-wing interests demonizing public workers’ pensions
California Public Fund Says Stocks Led Investment Gain of 18.6%
"Pension Truth Squad" and "DontScapegoatUs.com" Debut in California Pension Reform Fight
Squeezed in the Public Sector
POLITCAL NOTEBOOK: Pension reform group pulls rally switcheroo
California corporations pay far less than nominal tax rate
Have the heroes of 9/11 become today's scapegoats?
The State Worker: With pensions under attack, unions fight back
Combatants in California pension battle trade blows
State worker group speaks out on pension reputation
Labor coalition on pensions to launch website
Pension reform undertaken by Assembly panel
California public employees defend 'modest' pension benefits
Out of Balance?
Public pension fund assets nearly $3 trillion: study
For union families, a loss of value beyond bank accounts
Teacher Pensions Aren’t Budget Busters
Calpers Officer Urges Money Manager Pension-Bashing Donation Disclosure
Cutting public pensions now won't save California.
CalSTRS honored by investor magazine
Elias: No Wisconsin here, but California unions are taking cuts aplenty
State Pension Woes: Not as Bad as They Seem?
Pensiones públicas generan tensiones
Who’s behind the effort to gut California pensions?
New reports says state workers are not overpaid.
Sacramento Bee: Unions call for protest, urge boycott of Niello dealerships
Orange County Registrar: Police and firefighters are making pension sacrifices
Battered Public Pensions Do Better
An Overblown 'Crisis' For State Pension Funds
Most retirees live modestly
Why employee pensions aren't bankrupting states
Who funds the pension Chicken Littles?
Public employees and retirees protest dealership
The Shameful Attack on Public Employees
Public Employees Support Constructive Efforts to Evaluate Pensions
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 9, 2011
Californians for Retirement Security
SACRAMENTO – Following is a statement by Dave Low, chairman of Californians for Retirement Security, about plans for an interim conference committee on pensions:
“While we welcome the Legislature's focus on pensions during the interim, public employees are already participating in meaningful efforts to trim costs and curb pension abuses at the state and local levels. We will not, however, tolerate hasty, ideologically driven attempts to break promises to public employees for the sake of political expediency. “
Californians for Retirement Security represents 1.5 million public employees and retirees. Its executive committee includes: California School Employees Association, California Faculty Association, California Teachers Association, California Association of Highway Patrolmen, California Professional Firefighters, Peace Officers Research Association of California, Orange County Employees Association, Service Employees International Union Local 1000, Professional Engineers in California Government, California Association of Professional Scientists, California Federation of Teachers Ballot Committee, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the San Bernardino Public Employees Association.
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