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Public Employee Unions & Pensions: Los Angeles and San Diego
The cost of public-sector pay and benefits, combined with hundreds of billions of dollars in unfunded pension liabilities, are weighing down state and city budgets. The burdens are staggering: states face a cumulative shortfall of $1.26 trillion, according to a Pew Center report. Skyrocketing pension and healthcare costs present an especially daunting challenge to municipal… Continue Reading
Rose Fellow Johnson on Altadena, CA
A June 3 article in the Altadena Patch cited Rose Institute Fellow Doug Johnson on the possible effects of redistricting on the city of Altadena. The article is titled “Will Redistricting Unify Altadena or Keep it Split?” In the article, Johnson says, “that Altadena has been an easy target for division in the past” and… Continue Reading
Rose’s Johnson cited on redistricting in Altadena
Rose Institute Fellow Doug Johnson was cited in a June 1st article in the Altadena Patch discussing Altadena Assemblyman Anthony Portantino and his plans to run for Congress in 2012. Titled “Portantino Fundraising for 2012 Congressional Run, But in Which Districit,” and describes how without the new congressional boundaries finalized, Portantino cannot be sure which… Continue Reading