8 million California public employees and beneficiaries, will make decisions affecting government budgets for decades to come. How did CalPERS dig this huge hole? Just like a family that assumes it will receive healthy raises every year and only makes minimum pa.

Below is the latest two episodes of the CCTA PATV 30 minute program. Featured in the first show. Tim Lutz, County CAO. Tim discusses the complex challenges facing our local government and some of the unique approaches to improve communication and accountability. Time did not permit exploring the budget consequences of a possible cannabis ban or what would happen if FEMA does not fund as agreed due to the hurricane disasters. Featured in the second show.

A Handbook for How We Do Business. School Bonds and Prop 39. The Attack on Proposition 13. The Contra Costa Taxpayers Association is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting accountable, cost-effective and. Efficient government and opposing unnecessary taxes and spending. For 80 years CoCoTax,.

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Sunday, March 25, 2018. Chickenhawks flock to the White House. See John Bolton avoids Vietnam.

Re-imagining banking built in the Information Age. TEDxNewWallStreet on March 11, 2012. Most of the Talks are up on YouTube on the TEDxNewWallStreet Playlist. Camilla Webster is a leading business journalist and author contributing to Forbes and Forbes Woman.

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