The Briefing Board Here you will find links to news articles and legislative actions that are of interest to our members. Borenstein: Pension cuts for California public employee felons upheld - 3/15/21 Supreme Court Gives Lower Courts a Subtle Hint to Rein In Police Misconduct QUALIFIED IMMUNITY - 3/10/21 HR 7120 Justice in Policing Legislation - 3/4/21 Black Lives Matters-Los Angeles Calls For Police Unions To Be Decertified, Dissolved - 3/2/21 Social Security rule cuts benefits for government workers with second jobs - 2/15/21 LA police union agrees to delay raises, to head off proposed layoff of 355 officers - 2/3/21 CA Lawmakers Will Decide Whether Candidates For Sheriff Need Law Enforcement Background - 1/30/21 CalPERS COLA - 1/28/21 CalPERS records 12.4% return in 2020 - 1/28/21 H.R.127 - Firearm licensing, ammunition possession, registration of firearms, prohibit certain ammunition - 1/12/21 New Judge rules Prop. B illegal in lawsuit seeking to invalidate 2012 pension-cut measure - 1/6/21 Police groups back requiring college classes for recruits 11/20/20 CalPERS approves price hikes of up to 51% for health plans favored by young, healthy workers 11/19/20 Three CalPERS health plans are in a ‘death spiral.’ Saving them could involve price hikes 10/27/20 State Supreme Court passes on Marin pension case 9/28/20 Politicizing CalPERS, CalSTRS puts pensions at risk 9/16/20 In defense of police unions, which, after all, have a job to do 9/13/20 CalPERS Retirees Call for Board President to Resign 9/3/20 City workers face possible pay cuts, furloughs as L.A. considers declaring fiscal emergency 9/2/20 Hallmark police reform bill faces tough road in California 8/27/20 LAAPOA Calls for Independent Investigation Into Allegations Against Maggard 8/19/20 LAX police union calls for civil rights probe into department’s deputy director 8/18/20 Local governments can crack down on pension spiking, California Supreme Court rules - 7/30/20 CalPERS Reports Preliminary 4.7% Investment Return for Fiscal Year 2019-20 - 7/16/20 NAPO has endorsed President Trump in his reelection campaign 7/15/20 CalPERS Announces Health Plan Premiums for 2021 - 7/14/20 Berkeley to consider removing police from traffic stops - 7/14/20 Riskier bet: Why CalPERS, the country’s largest pension fund, is getting into banking - 7/10/20 New York Bill Requiring Officers to Have Liability Insurance Under Consideration - 7/8/20 Court rules for retirees in pension dispute with Providence - 7/3/20 Police unions have helped shield officers from accountability. Now they’re facing unprecedented backlash - 7/3/20 Democrats’ support for police union bill undermines their commitment to reform - 6/22/20 Seattle Protesters' Call to Scrap Police Pensions Can't Be Met by City - 6/19/20 Oregon Supreme Court Considers Whether To Allow PERS Pension Cuts - 6/19/20 CalPERS long term care insurance to see ‘significant premium increases,’ officials say - 6/19/20 California police chiefs call for weeding out bad officers - 6/19/20 Abolish the police? It’s a real thing. Even cops say they’ve taken on too much - 6/7/20 California progressive politicians turning away campaign cash from cops - 6/7/20 Newsom seeks statewide reform of police use of force - 6/6/20 Garcetti, LA city leaders call for cutting police funding amid protests against police brutality - 6/5/20 Underfunded pensions make GOP leaders reluctant to send federal aid to states like California - 5/18/20 Local Governments Looking for Revenue are Watching the CA Supreme Court - 5/15/20 Takeaways From Today’s Oral Argument in Alameda Pension Case - 5/7/20 Round 2 of pension reform kicks off before California Supreme Court - 5/6/20 State Supreme Court to Begin Hearings on Public Worker Pension Reductions Next Week - 5/3/20 The COVID-19 Economic Collapse Is Absolutely Wrecking State Pension Systems - 4/25/20 Court to hear oral arguments remotely in ‘California-rule’ case - 4/21/20 Borenstein: CalPERS unprepared for the coronavirus recession - 3/29/20 CalPERS loses $69 billion in biggest market losses since Great Recession - 3/22/20
