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CAPE on Public Employee Pensions

CAPE supports efforts to stop pension spiking and put an end to any cases of abuse in public employee pension systems. However, there is no pension crisis in L.A. County. L.A. County pension benefits are modest, L.A. County employees already contribute to their pension costs, and our members' pensions are adequately funded and responsibly managed by LACERA.

L.A. County is already a model for effective pension reform, thanks to decades of employees and employer working cooperatively in collective bargaining. Local government pension changes SHOULD NEVER be negotiated from Sacramento.

Click on titles below to download their pdfs:

 CAPE's Counsel Blaine Meek Defends Public Pensions - L.A. Daily News

 Look to L.A. County for Pension Reform Success, Letter by L.A. County CEO

 L.A. County Already a Model Example of Pension Reform, County CEO Fact Sheet  

 Know the Pension FACTS -- CAPE Handout

Public Employee Pensions Under Attack

 Governor Brown's 12 Point Pension Reform Proposal

Government Employees Pension Reform Act of 2012, Version #1

Government Employees Pension Reform Act of 2012, Version #2

Pension News for CAPE members

 Setting the Record Straight About Public Pensions

 A Common Sense Look at Public Pensions 

 Claims That Bond Debt, Pension Costs Will Cause Imminent State and Local Budget Meltdown Are Exaggerated 

 L.A. Times runs op-ed attacking public employee pensions 

 CAPE members help set the record straight!  Write a letter to the L.A. Times editor 

 How to submit your letter to the editor

 Pensions Op-Ed by County CEO Fujioka - July 2010