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The California Rule is a legal doctrine requiring that government workers throughout the state of California receive the pension benefits that were in place on the day they were hired, and that those benefits cannot be reduced (though they can be increased); meaning that mandatory employee contributions cannot be increased, nor can cost-of-living allowances be decreased, not even for not-yet ...
These employer contributions to these plans typically vest after some period of time, e.g. 5 years of service. These plans may be defined-benefit or defined-contribution pension plans, but the former have been most widely used by public agencies in the U.S. throughout the late twentieth century. Some local governments do not offer defined ...
Proposition 162, also known as the "California Pension Protection Act of 1992," gave the PERS board "the sole and exclusive fiduciary responsibility over the assets of" PERS. [17] [21] To avoid confusion with public employees' retirement systems in other states, the organization's name was changed to "CalPERS" in 1992. [16]
Recession fears raise risks for California's public pension funds.
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For fiscal year (FY) 2011–12, LACERA's fiscal-year-to-date return on investments was 0.10%; the FY 2010-11 return was 20.40%. [14] Over the past 15 years, each LACERA pensions has been funded as follows: [1] 75% – funded by returns on investment income; 15% – funded with employer (County) contributions
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, or CalPERS, the nation's largest state pension fund, experienced a 6.1% investment loss in the fiscal year that ended June 30. It was the first ...
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