Wednesday, January 20, 2016 – 09:00 a.m.
There’s more under the microscope in San Bernardino County than meets the eye.
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Archive for January 20th, 2016
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
January 19, 2016 3:42 PM
- Unfunded retirement costs at least $200 billion
- Latest pension reform effort collapses
- Benefit debt is destined to grow even larger
With no thought to long-term financial consequences, California politicians, both state and local, have saddled taxpayers with hundreds of billions of dollars in debt for pensions and retiree health care.
Emily Alpert Reyes and Matt Lait
January 19, 2015
The Los Angeles City Council agreed Tuesday to pay more than $24 million to settle lawsuits from two men who alleged that investigations by dishonest LAPD detectives led to their wrongful murder convictions and caused them to spend decades behind bars.
Ben Adler
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 | Sacramento, CA
California voters could be asked this fall to touch what’s been an untouchable law: the property tax initiative known as Proposition 13. A potential November ballot proposal would raise taxes on the state’s highest-value properties and spend the money on anti-poverty programs.