MORE ON: California pensions

Daily Report: Money and Politics

Some Calif. retirement trustees cancel Hawaii conference plans

March 8, 2013, 12:05 AM
At least three board members overseeing underfunded municipal retirement systems in California have scrapped plans to attend a conference in Hawaii even as conference organizers defended the gathering after a recent California Watch report revealed that some pension funds planned to send as many as... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Trustees overseeing ailing pension systems expense local hotel stays

June 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
Despite staggering pension fund shortfalls, officials overseeing some of the largest public retirement systems in the Bay Area have spent more than $60,000 since the beginning of 2008 to attend conferences just miles from their homes, expense records show. For example, in May 2009, five... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Governor sidelines nursing board, takes stand on pensions

October 11, 2011, 12:05 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown took a strong stand against mounting pension obligations with his veto pen over the weekend with a decision that also removed the legal authority for the board that licenses and investigates nurses. Brown objected to a part of the proposed law that would allow the nursing... + read more
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