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May 2, 2018

Sample Reforms

How Local Elected Officials Can Work With Local Activists

Whenever a high-profile citizens initiative appears on the statewide California ballot, voter turnout increases. An immediate example is the gas tax repeal, likely to appear on the November 2018 ballot…

April 25, 2018

Sample Reforms

Using Citizen’s Initiatives to Repeal Local Taxes

Local reforms can be initiated by city councils and county boards of supervisors, but they can also be initiated by citizen activists. That's exactly what's happened, three times, thanks to the efforts…

March 13, 2018

Policy Briefs

Resources for California’s Pension Reformers

Stampede: a mass movement of people at a common impulse. - Merriam Webster dictionary The pension reform stampede is about to finally overrun California's political status-quo for three reasons. (1)…

February 21, 2018

Policy Briefs

Innovative Incarceration Could Result in Lower Costs and Safer Citizens

The average annual cost to house a prisoner in California is $71,000, and according to the California's Legislative Analyst's Office, the cost has risen 45% since just 2011. And as costs have soared, California's…

February 14, 2018

Sample Reforms

How to Restore Financial Sustainability to Public Pensions

Last month the League of California Cities released a "Retirement System Sustainability Study and Findings." The findings were not surprising. "Key Findings" were (1) City pension costs will dramatically…

February 7, 2018

Policy Briefs

How to Assess Impact of Market Correction on Pension Payments

On January 28, 2018, the Dow Jones stock index closed at a record high of 28,610. Nine days later, on February 6, the Dow index hit an intraday low of 24,198, a drop of over 15 percent. Since then the…

CLEO: Supporting Local Officials

Get CLEO Policy Briefings and Alerts.

How Local Elected Officials Can Work With Local Activists

Using Citizen’s Initiatives to Repeal Local Taxes

Resources for California’s Pension Reformers

Innovative Incarceration Could Result in Lower Costs and Safer Citizens

How to Restore Financial Sustainability to Public Pensions

How to Assess Impact of Market Correction on Pension Payments

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