CalMatters Staff

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State’s generous public pension promise: Will courts offer a way out?

A case before the state Supreme Court could clear the way for reductions in public retiree benefits, which have become hugely expensive. But the outcome is “hard to predict.”

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 10월 20, 2016

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INSIGHT WITH BETH RUYAK | California’s Pension Crisis: What Can We Learn From Illinois?

Capital Public Radio continues its series with the LA Times and CALmatters on our state’s pension crisis but this time, comparing it to the dire state of affairs in Illinois.

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 10월 13, 2016

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When It Comes To Pensions, Illinois Is California’s Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come

As California’s public-employee pension crisis grows—with taxpayers on the hook for hundreds of billions of dollars, and no clear plan for how to pay—other states are facing similar problems, and have lessons to teach.

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 10월 10, 2016

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How a governor’s bid to exert control over California public pensions backfired

Gov. Pete Wilson tried to wrest key powers from the CalPERS board. A labor-led counterattack left the board more independent than ever.

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 10월 7, 2016

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A CalPERS primer: The rules on public pensions in California — and who makes them

What is CalPERS? | Where does the money come from? | How much do employees contribute toward their pensions?

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 10월 7, 2016

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Proposition 57: Criminal sentencing

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Four decades ago, Gov. Jerry Brown embraced tough-on-crime laws that filled the state’s prisons. The overcrowding led the U.S. Supreme Court to rule the state must reduce its prison population and improve medical care to inmates. California has moved lower-level […]

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 9월 28, 2016

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Proposition 58: Bilingual education

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Swept up by anti-immigrant politics nearly 20 years ago, California voters approved an initiative that required school children be taught almost exclusively in English. The measure triggered anger in some immigrant communities, where it was viewed as an attack on […]

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 9월 28, 2016

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Proposition 59: Campaign money

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: The U.S. Supreme Court decision known as Citizens United has become a political flashpoint for Americans turned off by the billions of dollars spent to sway elections. The 2010 ruling allowed unions and corporations to spend unlimited amounts on political […]

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 9월 28, 2016

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Proposition 60: Condoms in films

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: This is the rare ballot measure that requires you to think about sex. Because here in California—home to a $9 billion pornography industry—that most personal of acts is also a jobs issue and a public health concern. Four years ago, […]

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 9월 28, 2016

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Proposition 61: Prescription drugs

Background: Many Americans are angry about rising pharmaceutical prices and politicians have taken notice. Presidential candidates this year debated how to contain costs, and California lawmakers proposed fixes that never passed out of the statehouse. Drug prices are a big deal not only for consumers who are forced to pay more for prescriptions, but also […]

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 9월 28, 2016