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Public pension systems are investing billions of dollars into private equity funds that purchase apartments and often sharply raise rent, an L.A. Times investigation found.
Discussion about providing for the retirement of California state employees began in 1921, but only in 1930 did California voters approve an amendment to the State Constitution to allow pensions to be paid to state workers, and only in 1931 was state law passed to establish a state worker retirement plan. [16]
The Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) is an independent Los Angeles County agency that administers and manages the retirement fund for the County and outside Districts (Little Lake Cemetery District, Local Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Office of Education, and South Coast Air Quality Management District). [3]
The first evidence of pension payments comes from the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC, but beginnings of private pensions go back to the 19th century. The first private pension plan in the USA was created in 1875 by the American Express Co. [1] But the growth of people coveraged by private pensions was relatively slow.
A new study shows that fossil fuel investments dramatically underperformed for CalSTRS, CalPRS and individual retirees over the last 10 years.
Recession fears raise risks for California's public pension funds.
In many states, public employee pension plans are known as Public Employee Retirement Systems (PERS). Pension benefits may or may not be changed after an employee is hired, depending on the state and plan, as well as hiring date, years of service, and grandfathering. Retirement age in the public sector is usually lower than in the private sector.
The measure would add to the city's pension burden, at a time L.A. is facing a financial squeeze, thanks in large part to lower-than-expected tax revenues and higher salary costs — due in part ...