Will public-employee pensions ever be sustainable?
We are delighted to welcome Pete Constant to update us on efforts to reform public-employee pensions and to make them sustainable for taxpayers.
Also, SVTA President Mark Hinkle will give us a rundown on all the local ballot measures for Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Nov. election.
Please join us for dinner, conversation, and important information.
WHERE: Mimi's Cafe, San Jose, private room (Click here to get directions.)
WHEN: Wednesday, October 17
6:15 P.M. - Registration
7:00 P.M. - Program
REGISTRATION:
$30 - Members of SVTA
$40 - Nonmembers*
Registration includes dinner (select from four entrees), beverage, and a great time.
About the speaker:
Pete Constant is CEO of the
Retirement Security Initiative. Following his tenure as a San Jose City councilmember (2006-2015), during which the council faced challenges over the city's public-employee pension obligations, he joined Reason Foundation and led their team that designed, drafted, and negotiated the successful public safety pension reform plan for the state of Arizona, which was passed into law in 2016. He is a former San Jose police officer and small business owner.
* You may Join SVTA at the event--or even better, right now on line! Click here for membership details.
Historical Note
This year marks the 40th anniversary of California's landmark Proposition 13 ballot initiative, which nearly two-thirds of California’s voters passed, reducing property taxes by about 57 percent, and kicking off a revolution in the people's turning to the initiative process to gain greater control over their lives.
It also marks the 10th anniversary of SVTA's winning our
lawsuit against Santa Clara County's Open Space Authority and that agency's 2001 illegal "special assessment" on property owners.
