Dan Walters
@DanCALmatters
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Political columnist for https://t.co/JGrHReYc0I
Sacramento, CA
Joined December 2011
New column: Newsom's South Carolina visit should remove any doubts about his political goals
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New column: Valadao and other California GOP members of Congress might regret backing Trump's megabill
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New column: California's politics drifts rightward while New York's leans left
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New column: Presidential election reveals big shift in California voting patterns. Will it last?
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New column: California lawmakers finally achieve 'holy grail' reform of state's key environmental law
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New column: Newsom uses political stunts to garner attention. As Jerry Brown learned, it can backfire
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Homeless-related arrests, citations soared in these California cities after Supreme Court case
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California doesn't have enough court reporters. Their unions are fighting substitutes
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New column: Five years later, the pandemic still weakens two California employee safety nets
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A reader suggests that Gov. Gavin Newsom, who's been showing a little gray lately, might have a personal interest in the announcement that the Paul Mitchell hair and skin care conglomerate is moving its HQ from Southern California to Texas.
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New column: California budget deal cooks the books again to hide big 'structural' deficit
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New column: California's war on carbon emissions faces setbacks in court and Congress
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The column cites Newsom's advocacy of movie subsidies.
New column: California politicians ignore agriculture's troubles, but boost movie business
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New column: California politicians ignore agriculture's troubles, but boost movie business
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In those pre-internet days there was an almanac of American politics and we in the Bee Capitol bureau thought there should be one for California. I cannot begin to tell you how much work was involved to write it.
I use mine for channeling my inner @DanCALmatters. 😆.
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Unfunded pension liabilities are the totality of the current or potential payments to the covered employees minus the value of current assets and projected contributions from employers and workers and their projected investment earnings during the lives of pension recipients.
@530BruceRoss @DanCALmatters Unfunded liabilitys are an intriguing construct. Does the unfounded sum include the nearly 30% set aside from CalPers for all contributing employees?.
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I would add that when Stockton declare bankruptcy its pension obligation was the largest single debt it cited and whether that the city could renege was a big issue for the bankruptcy judge.
It may not be debt formally but if the state is obligated to make payments from its budget, which it is, then it has the same fiscal effect as repaying a state bond, a revenue anticipation note or rental payment on facilities, such as prisons, built with revenue bond.
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There’s a huge trove of data buried in state records if you know how to find it. The budget page alone has a couple of dozen spread sheets, including this one. Another, for instance, charts the growth of state workforce over the decades.
@DanCALmatters Thank you ! Thank you very much even chatgpt and grok were not giving me the answer.
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It may not be debt formally but if the state is obligated to make payments from its budget, which it is, then it has the same fiscal effect as repaying a state bond, a revenue anticipation note or rental payment on facilities, such as prisons, built with revenue bond.
@DanCALmatters Once again, perpetuating the myth that #pension obligations are state debt. Hope the experts can finally set you straight:
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New column: California politicians agree on school money, but poor test scores need attention
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