News
K-12 Education, Updates
AB 84 (Muratsuchi) would severely damage California’s public charter schools by cutting their funding by almost $1 billion, diverting funds to new bureaucracies, and imposing unnecessary restrictions.
David Crane
Pension Spending
Pension Primer For Journalists
When the stock market fell earlier this year, some reporters wrote that the decline could lead to higher pension costs. Now that the stock market is rising will we see stories about pension costs not increasing? The answer is that neither story would be on point. Pension costs fall or rise depending on whether pension funds earn less or more than they expected to earn.
David Crane
Budget
As part of an effort to close a $12 billion deficit, on page 67 of his revised budget issued earlier today Governor Newsom proposes to negotiate $767 million of savings on salaries for state employees.
David Crane
Updates
This chart shows the top five donors to Governor Gavin Newsom’s campaigns and ballot measures and to committees that made independent expenditures in support of his campaigns and measures since he first ran for state office in 2010…
David Crane
Updates
SB 799 would allow private attorneys to bring lawsuits against taxpayers and give rise to the types of harassment that already plague California under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), disability access laws (ADA) and Proposition 65.
Govern For California
Pension Spending, Updates
A CA lawmaker under the influence of government unions has proposed yet another bill to expand retirement benefits. AB 1383 would boost pensions for safety employees without requiring sufficient funds to be set aside to meet those promises.
Govern For California
Pension Spending, Updates
AB 569 would allow California cities to boost pension promises to public employees without requiring sufficient funds to be contributed upfront to guarantee payment of those promises. If it becomes law, AB 569 would set the table for another explosion in unfunded retirement obligations, the costs of which are already crushing California governments.
Govern For California
Updates
One of the questions we will ask of gubernatorial candidates is their view of Gavin Newsom’s performance as governor. In preparation, I’ve been doing a deep dive into the record.
David Crane
Budget, Calls to Action: Legislators, Collective Bargaining For Public Employees
Gavin Newsom’s Extravagant Spending On Employees
Governor Newsom’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year includes $45 billion of spending on salaries and benefits for 255,000 state employees, which translates into $177,000 per employee. Questions legislators should be asking include the following…
David Crane
Updates
Questions For Gubernatorial Candidates
If you have the opportunity to speak with a candidate for governor, please consider asking the following two questions.
David Crane
