CalMatters Staff

经济

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.”

经过 CalMatters Staff • 10 月 20, 2016

经济

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.

经过 CalMatters Staff • 10 月 13, 2016

经济

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.

经过 CalMatters Staff • 10 月 10, 2016

经济

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.

经过 CalMatters Staff • 10 月 7, 2016

经济

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?

经过 CalMatters Staff • 10 月 7, 2016

选举

Proposition 54: Last-minute lawmaking

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Most bills winding through the Legislature follow a months-long process with multiple votes by lawmakers and lots of opportunity for the public to give input. But not always. The political majority (currently Democrats) can waive the normal rules and jam […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Propositions 65 and 67: Plastic bags

Prop. 65 Prop. 67 1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: How you carry your groceries home from the store may seem like a trivial subject, but it’s the focus of two rival measures on the California ballot that pit environmentalists against the plastic industry. More than […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Proposition 55: High-earner tax

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Californians voted to increase taxes on the state’s wealthiest earners in 2012, seeking to replenish education funding accounts depleted during the recession. Four years later, the economy is recovering and the tax increase is slated to end after 2018. Education […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016

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Proposition 56: Tobacco tax

1oo percent of precincts reporting partial returns—will be updated when all results are certified. Background: Tobacco is often the target of politicians seeking money for state programs, with mixed success across the country. In California, voters have rejected multiple ballot box attempts over the years to raise taxes on cigarettes, and the state is among […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 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 […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 9 月 28, 2016