Voters Support Pension Reform
- LA Times/USC (April 2011)
- 70% support cap on pensions for current and future public employees;
- 66% of Democrats support pension caps for current and future workers;
- 68% support raising employee contributions to their retirement plans;
- 66% support a blend of traditional pensions and a 401(k);
- 52% support increasing the retirement age.
- PPIC (March 2011)
- 71% support 401(k)-type plan for public employees.
- Field (March 2011)
- 75% of voters support pension limits;
- 68% of Democrats support pension limits.
- PPIC (January 2011)
- 76% see public pensions as a problem;
- 67% support 401(k) plan for public employees.
- Moore (December 2010)
- 73% of voters support pension limits;
- 66% of Democrats support pension limits.
- Ten local ballot initiatives passed since November
- Five with >70% votes;
- Nine with >60% votes;
- Failed only in San Francisco.
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