Retirement Debt: What’s the problem and how does it affect you?

Where else can I learn more?

Wanting more? Here are other helpful resources on California’s retirement debt:

State government
- California State Controller’s Office: Retirement Systems Financial Data, Public Pay
- California Finance Department: Long-term liabilities
- Legislative Analyst’s Office
- Little Hoover Commission: 2011 pension study
Local Government Organizations
- League of California Cities
Major Public Retirement Systems
Labor:
- Californians for Retirement Security: A coalition of public employee unions representing 1.6 million workers and retirees
- California Teachers Association
- California Professional Firefighters
- SEIU 1000: The largest state government worker union
- Retired Public Employees’ Association
Pension reform groups
- California Policy Center: A nonprofit group that advocates for pension cutbacks
- PensionTsunami.com: A website focused on California pensions edited by Jack Dean
- TransparentCalifornia.com: A searchable database of pensions by a Nevada-based free-market organization called Nevada Policy Research Institute.
- Pensiontracker.org: A site tracking financial information about the California Public Employees’ Retirement System by Stanford University public policy professor Joe Nation.
- Retirement Security Initiative: A bipartisan group pushing for fair and sustainable pension systems led by former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed.
- CaliforniaPensionReform.com: A group dedicated to putting a pension initiative on the statewide ballot led by Dan Pellissier, who served as an advisor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Blogs
- Calpensions.com: A blog by former San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Ed Mendel.