“Tapping into public resentment toward government pay perks, a state senator has introduced legislation that would put limits on the retirement benefits of government workers,” according to the Daily Democrat.
Who is that State Senator? His name is Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), but more importantly to those of us here in Orange County a more familiar name has co-authored the bill, S.B. 1425. No, I am not talking about Chuck DeVore, or Diane Harkey, or Jim Silva. Nope. The co-author of this bill, which will do a lot to control rising public employee pension costs is none other than State Senator Lou Correa (D-Anaheim)!
Under this “bill, bonuses awarded for seniority, extra pay for nighttime work and raises given to employees to put them on par with other employees, all which currently count toward the final salary, would no longer count.”
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Love the idea, but good luck passing that! Public employee unions won’t let it get through. It’s sorry but they are still a hugely important political group to state politicians.