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1:42:30 - 1:54
March 8th Ballot’s Measure G gets the ball rolling on pension reform
As debate over public employees’ pensions rages across the country and througout the state, Los Angeles voters get their first stab at pension reform this coming Tuesday on the March 8th ballot with Measure G. The amendment would pare down the pension plans of incoming police officers and firefighters and require of them for the first time, contributions of 2% of their salaries toward their healthcare benefits. There are virtually no opponents to the measure, but the real debate lies in how far to pare down. Opponents of the measure say it’s only symbolic and will do little to make a debt in the budget (it’s projected to save the city $152 million over a decade); proponents of the measure say it’s a step in the right direction, if not a big enough. The current system pays retired firefighters and police officers a yearly pension equal to 90% of their salaries—retired police chief-turned-city-councilman Bernard Parks received an annual $278,232 pension in addition to his earning more than $178,000 as a councilman; retired cop-turned-councilman Dennis Zine took $97,920 in pension money on top of his $164,000 salary. If passed, where does Los Angeles go from here on the long road to pension reform?
Guests:
Alex Rubalcava, head of Rubalcava Capital Management, an investment advisory firm. And then something like Alex first warned of the potential for pension funds to bankrupt Los Angeles in 2006, and has been working since then to advance pension reform in Los Angeles.
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2:08:15 – 2:37
President Obama /President Calderon confab in D.C.: leaked documents and drug policy on the table
In their fifth meeting since January 2009, Mexican President Felipe Calderon will talk with President Obama tomorrow [Thursday 3/3] in Washington. Friction over leaked diplomatic documents that were critical of Mexico’s anti-drug strategy, Calderon’s dissatisfaction with the United States’ failure to reduce drug demand within its own borders, the recent murder of a U.S. immigration officer in Mexico and at least another 28 people killed in attacks last weekend along the border are all sure to be part of a conversation between two leaders whose countries share so much and differ so widely.
Guests:
Dudley Althaus, Mexico bureau chief for the Houston Chronicle
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2:42:30 – 2:53:45 Seg 3
The Peace Corps at 50: has it changed with changing times?
Since President John Kennedy signed the Peace Corps into existence in 1961, American men and women have fanned out over the globe as volunteers in underserved areas, working on education, health and HIV/AIDS, the environment, youth development, agriculture and more. Fifty years later, the world has changed but their mission remains the same. How has this organization stayed viable over a half century, and what is its future as economies shift and governments disappear before our eyes?
Guests:
Stanley Meisler, author of When the World Calls: the Inside Story of the Peace Corps and its First Fifty Years
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Francoise Castro, Peace Corps volunteer from 2004 – 2006, based in Mozambique. She is now working at the Department of State as a program analyst. She is on the UCLA panel this evening at Royce Hall.
IN STUDIO
- In Mozambique, where she served as a communications agent, helping an international non-governmental organization called Population Services International educate communities about HIV/AIDS prevention.
- After her tour abroad, she worked at Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, DC.
Jonathan Serviss
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