pensions – California Globe

Sacramento Taxpayers are Victims of a Rapacious and Uncaring State Government

September 15, 2025 7:04 amSeptember 15, 2025 7:04 am

The Sacramento City Council should immediately assign the City Auditor to determine the actual annual state freeloading impact upon city taxpayers through the state’s tax exempt properties, both owned and leased. There has been much talk that all should...

Theatrical Union, Hollywood Producers Come To Tentative Agreement Hours Before Strike

October 19, 2021 2:22 amOctober 18, 2021 9:23 pm

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) union and the Alliance of Motion Picture Television Producers (AMPTP) reached a tentative agreement over the weekend, avoiding a strike only hours before it was to begin. An IATSE strike had been...

Hollywood Stage Employees Union Set Strike Date For October 18th

October 13, 2021 4:01 pmOctober 13, 2021 4:02 pm

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) union President Matthew Loeb announced on Wednesday that the union would go on strike Monday unless a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture Television Producers (AMPTP) in the next five days. The...

Hollywood Stage Employees Union Votes To Authorize Possible Largest Strike Since 2007

October 5, 2021 2:05 amOctober 5, 2021 7:44 am

A vote by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) union, one of the largest entertainment industry unions, voted to go on strike if unable to come to an agreement with studio producers, represented by the Alliance of Motion...

Post-Coronapocalypse Pension Reform Checklist for California

April 1, 2020 2:10 amApril 2, 2020 6:21 am

Pensions for state and local government employees in California are literally three to five times as costly as Social Security, and at least twice as costly as the Federal Retirement System. In a perfect world, California’s state and local...

Pension Reform Waits for California Supreme Court

November 27, 2019 11:44 amNovember 27, 2019 11:44 am

“When local government has reached the point where it’s spending nearly as much on pensions as it spends on base salaries, you still can’t do much.” With markets fitfully advancing after a nearly two year pause, the need for pension reform...