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Brief | Trouble Brewing in Los Angeles

The city of Los Angeles will face enormous budgetary pressures from the growing deficits in public pensions, both at a state and local level. In this policy brief, I estimate that Los Angeles faces a total $152.6 billion liability for pensions that are underfunded – including $49.1 billion for the city pension systems, $2.4 billion for retiree health benefits, and an estimated $101 billion share of unfunded liabilities for California state retiree benefits. These estimates are made by correcting the state and local pension plans’ figures, which use a too-optimistic assumption that their investments will grow by about 8%... Read More

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Brief | Trouble Brewing in Los Angeles

Stuart Buck

10/6/2010

Brief | Trouble Brewing in Orange County

Stuart Buck

10/6/2010

Brief | Trouble Brewing in San Diego

Stuart Buck

10/6/2010

Brief | Trouble Brewing in San Francisco

Stuart Buck

10/6/2010

Reforms With Results: What Oklahoma can learn from Florida’s K-12 education revolution

7/21/2010

Underfunded Teacher Pension Plans: It’s Worse Than You Think

7/16/2010

Oregon’s High School Dropouts - Examining the economic and social costs

7/16/2010

Tax-Credit Scholarships in Nebraska - Forecasting the Fiscal Impact

6/29/2010

Tax-credit Scholarships in Maryland: Forecasting the Fiscal Impact

5/17/2010

The Fiscal Impact of a Corporate & Individual Tax Credit Scholarship Program on the State of Indiana

4/22/2009

The Best Studies Show that Vouchers Work!

6/16/2008

Property Taxes and Public Schools

2/24/2008

School Choice Would Save Georgia Money

2/20/2008

Charelston's School District Per Pupil State Spending

2/27/2007

The Fiscal Impact of School Choice:

2/27/2007

Vouchers, Tax Credits and the Regulatory Impulse

2/26/2007

The Impact of Vouchers and Tax Credits on Public Schools

2/26/2007

The Fiscal Impact of Vouchers and Tax Credits

2/26/2007

Key Components of HB 754

2/26/2007

A Guide to Tax-Funded Scholarship Programs

2/23/2007

A Guide to Tax-Funded Scholarship Programs

2/23/2007

Myths Heard During HB 1009 Testimony

2/21/2007

School Choice Would Stop Thousands of Students from Dropping Out

Brian J. Gottlob

2/1/2007

Each Class of Dropouts Cost Texas Taxpayers $377 Million Every Year

1/1/2007

“Managed Choice” and “Open Choice” are Not the Same as School Choice

12/7/2006

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