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New Voting Options for the 2017-2018 Member-At-Large CalPERS Board of Administration Election

Posted May 30, 2017 by Jamee V   

CalPERS has announced their new voting procedures for the 2017-2018 election in hopes of increasing voter participation. Retired members (excluding survivors and beneficiaries) whose effective date of retirement is on or before July 1, 2017 are eligible to vote in this election. All eligible members will be able to cast their vote for two member-at-large seats in one of three ways...

 

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Longtime CSR leader Fritz Walgenbach passes away

Posted Apr 18, 2017 by Jamee V   

Fritz Walgenbach, who served 35 years in California State Retirees, the Association of California State Supervisors and California State Employees Association, passed away April 17.

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 CalPERS is changing the way 470,000 retirees receive their direct deposit receipts

Posted Apr 18, 2017 by Jamee V   

On Monday, April 17, CalPERS mailed notifications to the 470,000 affected retirees, which explains the change and instructs retirees to fill out and return a postcard if they want to continue receiving the information by mail. 

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Announcement: CalPERS Notice of Election for the 2017 Member-at-Large

Posted Mar 27, 2017 by Jamee V   

CalPERS Notice of Election for the 2017 Member-at-Large (MAL) Election was mailed out today (3/27).  The election is for a new term beginning January 16, 2018, through January 15, 2022. There are two seats in this election and both incumbents, JJ Jelincic & Michael Bilbrey, have declared their intention to run for re-election. 

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CalPERS' Board Approves Five-Year Strategic Plan

Posted Feb 16, 2017 by Jamee Villa   

Sacramento, CA - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration today approved a new five-year strategic plan that will serve as a blueprint for meeting the investment, retirement, and health benefit needs of members and their families into the future.

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CalPERS is focused on the challenges ahead By Richard Costigan | CalPERS board member

Posted Feb 16, 2017 by Jamee Villa   

Sacramento, CA - If you didn’t know any better, you’d think that CalPERS is the source of all California’s ills: higher taxes, bankrupt cities, reduced public services, lavish pensions, the list goes on. We’ve even been blamed for failing to catch the fact that Wells Fargo employees were creating fake bank accounts...
 

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Reuters reports | CalPERS's sees 5.8 percent return with new allocation; below 7 percent goal

Posted Feb 08, 2017 by Jamee V   

The California Public Employees' Retirement System expects a 5.8 percent annual investment return under its new portfolio asset allocation, significantly lower than the fund's assumed rate of return of 7 percent by 2020. 

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State Controller Yee Updates State Retiree Health Care Liability | Applauds Significant Steps to Prefund Obligation

Posted Jan 25, 2017 by Jamee V   

Sacramento, CA —The state’s cost for retiree health and dental benefits has grown to $76.68 billion, according to a report published today by State Controller Betty T. Yee. The liability represents the present-day cost to provide retiree health and dental benefits earned as of June 30, 2016 – one of the state’s largest long-term debts. 

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Supreme Court to consider CalPERS case against Lehman Bros.

Posted Jan 17, 2017 by Jamee V   

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider reviving an attempt by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System to recover some of the $300 million it lost when the Lehman Brothers investment bank collapsed in 2008.

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CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost has authored an op-ed piece responding in part to the recent criticism around the discount rate action

Posted Jan 09, 2017 by Jamee V   

CalPERS' Action on Discount Rate was a Prudent, Smart Decision

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