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Unions have ordered their employees in the California State Legislature to undermine modest Brown-era limits on pension payouts.
If passed, this bill will drive some California local governments toward bankruptcy.
Marc Joffe
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Marc Joffe
@marcjoffe
President, Contra Costa Taxpayers Association. Visiting Fellow, California Policy Center. Formerly: Cato, Reason Foundation, Moody's. Posts are my own opinions.
Walnut Creek, CA
Joined January 2009
- When illegal aliens visit the emergency room in California, hospitals often bill Medi-Cal. The feds have been picking up 90% of the bill in many cases. Under the Senate's BBB, the Fed share will be capped at 50% from late 2026, causing a new budget headache for Newsom.
- Ex-wife of San Francisco firefighter slams the City's costly overtime practices and how employees are taking advantage of them.
- Replying to @RnaudBertrandThe fact that China could achieve spreads within 1-3 bp of US Treasuries indicates that the market is rejecting Western rating agency assessments. Moody's rates the US at Aaa and China at A1 which is four notches lower.
- 200 homeless non-profits in San Francisco. That means a lot of duplicative overhead and a lot of people looking for clients.
- Why do San Francisco homeowners need to hire "permit expediters" to get approvals from the City? The mere existence of a permit expediting industry is illustrative of local government's corruption, incompetence, or both. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/per…
- There were no sirens in San Francisco during yesterday's tsunami because the city's siren system has been offline for five years. In 2019, it was taken down to conduct a $2.5 million cybersecurity upgrade but never restored. A case for @CA__DOGE.
- Barbara Lee wants to implement a guaranteed income program for Oakland's homeless population. That'll guarantee more homeless people coming to Oakland.
- Bring it on. If federal government unions actively oppose @DOGE's Return to Office policy, they will trigger a debate over whether they should even exist. Let's not forget that FDR opposed government unions and their dues come from our tax dollars.
- 580 SF city employees received total comp exceeding $400k last year. Did residents get the service level they should expect from such a highly compensated workforce?
- I have a question. Why can't airlines just pay air traffic controllers themselves until Congress gets its act together? Would that be worse than dealing with the upcoming wave of flight cancellations?
- Unsurprisingly, the Oakland mayoral election has now flipped, and the East Bay Times is projecting Barbara Lee the winner. A sad weekend for Oakland.
- It doesn't look like Rob Bonta will be our next governor. After CNBC interviewers roughed him up yesterday, @sfchronicle reporters are now tying him to Oakland corruption.
