by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A photo that appears to show Costa Mesa’s police and fire chief endorsing Mayor Steve Mensinger’s reelection bid for council prompted the city to issue a statement over the weekend reiterating its stance of election impartiality. A resident who saw the photo online of...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
In January 2013, Gov. Jerry Brown bragged about the state’s new commitment to fiscal responsibility. He talked about “living within our means and not spending what we don’t have.” A year later, in his State of the State address, Brown insisted that “fiscal discipline...
by Ron DeLord | May 4, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association, which represents more than 30,000 state prison guards and parole agents, is one of the most powerful public employee unions in the state, behind the teachers unions. Its latest contract proposal hammered out with...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
California can no longer afford the failed experiment of mass incarceration. When the voters approved measures like Proposition 36, which amended “three strikes” laws, and Prop. 47, which reduced penalties for petty theft and drug crimes, they were sending a clear...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 7, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
California has rightly received a good deal of attention for the unfunded pension liabilities – estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars – that current and future taxpayers will have to pay, but far less attention has been paid to its retiree health care...