Don’t miss the latest column by CalMatters’ Dan Walters.
“This is absolutely the most challenging issue facing state and local government, not just in California but across the country.”
Local administrators and financial experts continue to warn of a looming fiscal crisis for California’s municipalities, driven in large part by skyrocketing pension costs.
Plus, did Gov. Brown get the idea from Newport Beach?
The nation’s largest pension fund has turned to investments so complicated that it needs algorithms to calculate the fees.
Local governments across California are bracing for a more costly future thanks to mounting retirement obligations, and their residents are apt to experience cuts to local services on par with the 2008 recession as a result.
Ventura County Board of Supervisors Chair Carmen Ramirez was struck and killed by a vehicle Friday evening while walking through a crosswalk in Oxnard. She was 73 years old.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Siskiyou County and its sheriff on behalf of four Asian-Americans who say they have been targeted
The clock is ticking for San Francisco. The state made clear last week that it’s ready to go all the way to blunt the city’s notorious NIMBYism if changes aren’t made.
