Los Angeles City Attorneys Association Sues City of LA in U.S. Federal CourtSorry about the potholes in Los Angeles President Barack ObamaLACAA Rejects ALL Further Concessions CAO DisappointedMayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa proposes more Civilian Pension Reform Plans Again.


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11% retirement contribution, 10%+ 1% ERIP penalty For 15 years. Paying for something we are already vested in (Retiree health-care) No Increase in salary for years, No Guarantee of Salary at end of contract see previous concession agreements for proof. Absoultely No LAYOFF Protection. Retirement changes can ONLY be applied to NEW hires UNLESS we are foolish enough to Tax Ourselves. Why should we make 100% of the concessions? So DWP can get a raise? LAPD can have Cash Overtime back? I can not support this agreement because far to many loopholes exist for the CAO and Mayor to get out of things…. Haven’t we been lied to enough ??

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When his convention appointment was announced, a group of city workers that has battled with the mayor responded on its Twitter account: “Can this genius really be advancing politically after the disaster he has been to Los Angeles?”

- Los Angeles Mayor Sets Sights on a Bigger Stage. New York Times, sec. US Politics, February 21, 2012, NAGOURNEY, ADAM http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/us/mayor-villaraigosas-sights-set-beyond-los-angeles.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Paul Castro a spokesman for the website lacityworkers.com, said he and his colleagues argued without success during recent labor talks that the city was always obligated to pay for rising retiree healthcare premiums. “We always said the city didn’t have a right to make us pay for something we were already getting,” he said. Castro went to the civilian pension board Tuesday to ask it to obtain its own legal opinion on retiree health benefits. He voiced doubts that the board — controlled by a majority of mayoral appointees — would act. ”Eventually we’re going to have to sue the city,” he said. “There’s no way around it.”

- Legal opinion could spell trouble for plan to roll back L.A. pension costs. Los Angeles Times, News edition, Zahniser, David September 28, 2011 http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/28/local/la-me-0928-la-pensions-20110928

“Does the mayor want to rethink his plan, or does he want to cause pain and suffering to the general public?” said Paul Castro, a 13-year city employee who writes for http://www.lacityworkers.com, a website that offered arguments against the agreement.

- 42 furlough days ordered for L.A. workers who rejected labor deal.Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2011, Zahniser, David, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/28/local/la-me-labor-deal-20110428