SB 115 ( Strickland )

L.A. County sheriff's deputy collects $82,000 a year pension from behind prison bars
San Gabriel Valley Tribune, June 23, 2011
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Bell and Vernon cases put focus on pensions of non-elected officials
Los Angeles Times - California, May 31, 2011
... ip the pension benefits of public officials who are convicted of misusing public funds. The bill, SB115, died in a state Senate committee in May, with two Republicans voting for it and three Democrats against. The bill drew the opposition of various employee groups, including ...

Loophole allows officials convicted of public corruption to keep hefty pensions
Los Angeles Times - California, May 31, 2011
... the pension benefits of a public official if they are convicted of misusing public funds. The bill, SB115, died in a state Senate committee this month, with two Republicans voting for it and three Democrats against. The bill drew the opposition of various employee groups, includ ...

Strickland: GOP budget will restore public's trust
Ventura County Star - Editorials and Opinion, May 28, 2011
... heir pensions before raising the taxes of law-abiding Californians should be a no-brainer. Instead, SB 115 was killed in committee by the very same people who argue the state needs more of your hard-earned money in higher taxes. It is not hard to figure out why Californians have ...

Good GOP bills held hostage in budget stalemate
Los Angeles Times, May 16, 2011
... . The author is Sen. Tony Strickland (R-Moorpark), who says he was inspired to introduce the bill (SB 115) by Times reports of alleged corruption in Bell, especially by former City Administrator Robert Rizzo. textSize() Copyright © 2011, Los Angeles Times 1 2 next | &n ...

The Author, Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries, Is Silent As To What the Mushrooms Are Fed
California's Capitol (Greg Lucas), May 9, 2011
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Dems Defend Crooked Employees
CalWatchdog, May 3, 2011
... financial felonies on the job failed yesterday in committee. All of the majority Democrats opposed SB 115 in the Senate Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. The bill would have affected only those employees who committed felonies on the job. It was a re ...

Senate panel kills pension sanctions for those who misuse taxpayer dollars*
Los Angeles Times - California Politics, May 2, 2011
... cted officials would have had their own contributions to their pension funds returned to them under SB 115. --Patrick McGreevy ...

Governor Brown Releases Twelve-Point Pension Reform Plan
PublicCEO, April 1, 2011
... on benefits to those who commits a felony related to their employment. (RN 14777) (Note Strickland, SB 115, similar prohibition)PROPOSALS UNDER DEVELOPMENT Impose Pension Benefit Cap. Improve Retirement Board Governance Limit Post-Retirement Public Employment Hybrid Option Ad ...

Brown Endorses Pension Reform
CalWatchdog, March 31, 2011
... enefits to those who commits a felony related to their employment.  (RN 14777) (Note Strickland, SB 115, similar prohibition) PROPOSALS UNDER DEVELOPMENT Impose Pension Benefit Cap. Improve Retirement Board Governance Limit Post-Retirement Public Employment Hybrid Option ...