Calpers Retirement News
- Simi Valley, Ventura expect to get hit by Bell salary scandal Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 7:11PMSimi Valley and Ventura are exploring legal actions to block steep pension payments for Randy Adams, a former employee of both cities whose lucrative stint as police chief of Bell continues to have far-reaching consequences.
- News Briefs Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:49PM"Better late than never" seems to be the consensus concerning the Aug. 12 debate among the candidates for the 15th Senate District seat, scheduled just last week in a flurry of emails and phone calls.
- Bell Salary Scandal Causes Dilemma for Other Cities Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:36PMThe district attorney is stepping up his Bell investigation while the cities of Glendale, Simi Valley and Ventura try to stop increased pension payments. Simi Valley California - United States - Glendale California - Ventura - Ventura California
- Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:52PMThe city of Bell paying its city manager an annual salary of nearly $800,000 has made it painfully apparent yet again that public employee pay abuses are wider and even more shocking than we could have imagined.
- BREAKING NEWS - Central Fire Plans Two-Tiered Pensions Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 2:38PMThe Central Fire Board of Directors decided in July to increase the retirement age for new firefighters and change the time period for pension salary calculations for all new employees.
- Walnut Creek negotiating contract with police union Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 2:18PMCity, police managers discussing new agreement, which city hopes is ratified in September
- Veracode Announces VERAFIED Mark of Software Security for CWE/SANS Top 25 Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:11AMBURLINGTON, Mass.----Veracode, Inc., the world’s leader in cloud-based application risk management, today unveiled the new VERAFIED™ High Assurance mark of software application security for the CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors.
- CA Controller Chiang Urges BMS to Cut Price of AIDS Drug Reyataz, says AHF Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 11:45AMSACRAMENTO, Calif.----Today AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced that California State Controller John Chiang has sent a letter to drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb urging the company to reduce the price of its key HIV/AIDS drug, Reyataz—one of the most expensive first-line AIDS treatments in the U.S.—for California and its AIDS Drug Assistance Program .
- Press Release Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 2:48AMToday AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) announced that it has banned pharmaceutical sales representatives from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) from calling on AHF’s medical providers and staff in its sixteen U.S. healthcare centers.
- AIDS Healthcare Foundation Bans BMS Drug Reps from Its Clinics Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:31PMLOS ANGELES----Today AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced that it has banned pharmaceutical sales representatives from Bristol-Myers Squibb from calling on AHF’s medical providers and staff in its sixteen U.S. healthcare centers.
- TLW Public Relations Signs Contract With CalPERS Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 8:00AMFAIRFIELD, Calif.----TLW Public Relations announced today that it has signed an agreement with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System to perform as-needed writing and editorial services for CalPERS’ Public Affairs and Communications Support Services Spring-Fed Pool .
- Editorial: County pension pay is public information Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 10:44PMIt should be a no-brainer: Sacramento County taxpayers deserve to know where their hard-earned money is going.
- Labor pact savings seen Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 11:28PMA labor contract that would have been scoffed at just two years ago by the state psychiatric technicians union was approved by 96percent of its members.
- Times have really changed for Long Beach Fire Department retiree Elved Rowlands, 99 Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 7:51PMEquipment was primitive, pensions barely a reality in his rookie days.
- California city official quits $800,000 post Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 4:30PMA local official in California earning close to $800,000 a year as the manager of a city with nearly a quarter of its population in poverty has quit following a public uproar, the mayor said on Friday.
- California city official quits nearly R5,9m post Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 2:22AMA local official in California earning close to R5,9 million a year as the manager of a city with nearly a quarter of its population in poverty has quit following a public uproar, the mayor has said.
- On Investing: The state of state pension plans Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 12:41AMThis is turning out to be a make or break year in public pension policy as states move to lower skyrocketing pension plan costs that can threaten their stability.
- Council tables amendment Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:16PMLAKEPORT -- The Lakeport City Council tabled adopting an amendment to increase benefits for retired Lakeport police officers Tuesday night.
- California City’s $800,000 Manager Quits, Leaving Questions Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:34PMWhen Bell, California, resident Roger Ramirez heard in 2008 that the manager of his town of 38,000 residents may be the state’s highest-paid municipal employee, he asked City Hall. He got only part of the answer.
- UPDATED: Long Beach budget includes service cuts, reforms Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:21PM$18.5 million general fund deficit in 2011 fiscal year, beginning Oct. 1. City budget page
