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The Quarterly Association Newsletter
In other news....
THE PROPOSED MCCAULEY INITIATIVE MEASURE
"Much Ado About Nothing"
by L. Douglas Pipes
The purpose of this paper is to allay fears of retirees regarding a proposed initiative measure, called "The McCauley Public-Employee Pension Reform Act" (08-0018). The initiative would amend the Contracts Clause of the California Constitution to provide that public-employee pension contracts may be re-negotiated to include reductions of vested benefits of existing and future retirees. This amendment would effectively eliminate the Contract Clause of the California Constitution as a protector of vested pension benefits.
The good news is that even if passed by the electorate, the McCauley initiative would not take away vested pension benefits of California's public employee retirees. The courts would stop the McCauley initiative from allowing California governmental agencies to strip away your vested pension benefits.
The reason is simple: The McCauley initiative would constitute an unlawful taking of private property without due process of law in violation of the California Constitution, and it would also violate the Contracts Clause of the United States Constitution. Read the whole article >
There was a Board of Supervisors meeting where they had a presentation on Health Benefits. We believe this is important for our members to know. Video presentation included.
Executive Board Meeting Minutes are available for viewing in the Member Zone.
The PPOACCC has become aware of the Juvenile Hall Uniform and Dress Regulations, Bulletin No 113. We believe some of the requirements are unacceptable and have scheduled a meet and confer for Tuesday, August 5, 2008.
The Contra Costa Couny Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 2008/335 approving settlement agreements with the Public Employees Union Local One, United Professional Firefighters Local 1230, AFSCME 512, District Attorney Investigators’ Association, and the Probation Peace Officers’ Association of Contra Costa County, relative to safety employees’ payment of enhanced retirement costs associated with salary driven benefits, retroactive to January 1, 2007, as recommended by the Human Resources Director. (Budgeted) (All Districts)
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, at their March 7th meeting adopted resolution 2007/140 to formally recognize the newly formed employee organization named the Probation Peace Officers Association of Contra Costa County, established on February 22, 2007 by decertification election, as recommended by the Assistant County Administrator-Human Resources Director. (All Districts)
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