CPC Studies
Research Studies Archive – 2010 through 2015:
Compilation of School District Waivers from Debt and Tax Limits, 2000-2014
March 19, 2015
Examining Public Pay in California: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
March 18, 2015
Alameda County Water District Rate Increase Driven by Labor Costs, Not Drought
March 13, 2015
California City Pension Burdens
February 17, 2015
California Healthcare Districts in Crisis
January 22, 2015
Analysis of the Reasons for San Diego Police Department Employee Departures
January 16, 2015
Average CalPERS Pension Up To 5 Times Greater Than Comparable Social Security Payouts
January 2, 2015
California’s Most Financially Stressed Cities and Counties
November 5, 2014
Estimating America’s Total Unfunded State/Local Government Pension Liability (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
September 9, 2014
The Case for Adjustable Defined Benefits
July 31, 2014
Evaluating Total Unfunded Public Employee Retirement Liabilities in 20 California Counties
May 6, 2014
Evaluating Public Safety Pensions in California
April 15, 2014
The Benefits and Costs of Oil and Gas Development in California
March 31, 2014
Is the Stock Market Over-Stimulated and Overpriced?
March 24, 2014
How Much Do CalSTRS Retirees Really Make? (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
March 12, 2014
Comparing CalSTRS Pensions to Social Security Retirement Benefits
February 28, 2013
How Much Do CalPERS Retirees Really Make? (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
February 13, 2013
How Much Do California’s State, City and County Workers Really Make? (includes downloadable spreadsheets)
February 1, 2013
Sonoma County’s Pension Crisis – Analysis and Recommendations
January 14, 2013
How to Think About Debt
December 12, 2013
Are Annual Contributions Into CalSTRS Adequate? (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
November 8, 2013
Are Annual Contributions Into Orange County’s Employee Pension Plan Adequate? (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
August 30, 2013
State Pension Litigation Update
August 9, 2013
A Method to Estimate the Pension Contribution and Pension Liability for Your City or County (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
July 24, 2013
How Big Are California’s State and Local Governments Combined?
July 12, 2013
Moody’s Final Adopted Adjustments of Government Pension Data
June 2, 2013
Calculating California’s Total State and Local Government Debt
April 26, 2013
City of Irvine 2012 Compensation Analysis (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
April 8, 2013
How New Rules from Moody’s and GASB Affect the Financial Reporting of Pensions in Seven California Counties
March 15, 2013
How Lower Earnings Impact California’s Total Unfunded Pension Liability (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
February 18, 2013
Gina Raimondo’s Shining Example – Pension Reform in Rhode Island
January 28, 2013
The Impact of Moody’s Proposed Changes on Government Pension Data
January 8, 2013
The California Budget Crisis – Causes and Recommendations
December 31, 2012
Union Reform Efforts in California and Nationally Since 2010
December 12, 2012
Local Pension Reform Efforts in California Since 2010
November 20, 2012
City of Costa Mesa 2011 Compensation Analysis (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
October 3, 2012
City of Anaheim 2011 Compensation Analysis (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
August 29, 2012
City of San Jose 2011 Compensation Analysis (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
August 10, 2012
State Pension Reform Efforts in California Since 2010
August 1, 2012 (updated Nov. 2012)
Understanding the Financial Disclosure Requirements of Public Sector Unions
June 20, 2012
Why Lower Rates of Return Will Destroy Pension Funds
May 18, 2012
A Pension Analysis Tool for Everyone (includes downloadable spreadsheet)
April 2, 2012
Public Sector Unions Spend $4.0 Billion per Year in U.S.
March 23, 2012
Self-Employed Workers vs. Government Workers – A Financial Comparison
February 24, 2012
How Much Could California’s Government Pensions Cost Taxpayers?
January 27, 2012
Which Special Interests Are Partisan?
December 15, 2011
California’s Public Safety Compensation Trends, 2000-2010
October 14, 2011
The Impact of Tax Exempt Disability Pensions
September 2, 2011
Quantifying the Impact of Pension Spiking
July 25, 2011
What Payroll Contribution Will Keep Pensions Solvent?
July 25, 2011
How Rates of Return Affect Required Pension Contributions
April 27, 2011
How Rates of Return Affect Required Pension Assets
April 15, 2011
California Voter Attitudes Towards Reforming Special Interests (polling data)
March 11, 2011
How Much Do Government Pensions Really Cost?
March 10, 2011
California Voter Attitudes Towards Public Sector Union Reform (polling data)
February 15, 2011
What Percent of California’s State and Local Budgets Are Employee Compensation?
February 11, 2011
State Politics and Right to Work Laws
January 24, 2011
Calculating Public Employee Total Compensation
December 19, 2010
California Voter Attitudes Towards Public Sector Unions (polling data)
December 13, 2010
Public Sector Unions and Political Spending
September 23, 2010
California Firefighter Compensation
August 31, 2010
The Price of Public Safety
July 15, 2010
The Real Reason for College Tuition Increases
June 8, 2010