Politics & Government

Most Californians Support Pension Reform, According to New Poll

Would you like to see Petaluma tackle pension reform?

Half of California voters support pension reform for state and local agency workers, while another 14 percent say it doesn’t go far enough, according to a Field Poll published on Wednesday.

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The findings are based on a survey of 1,000 registered voters interviewed in November and are a marked increase from 2009 when a similar poll found that only 32 percent of voters felt public pensions were too generous.

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Opinions about pensions appear to be somewhat split among political lines, with 58 percent of Republicans saying government pensions were too generous, but only 34 percent of Democrats agreeing. And among responders who were union members, only 27 percent said public pensions were too much, with 48 percent saying they were about right.

What do you think? Would you like to see the city of Petaluma reduce pensions for government employees? Should this be done only for new hires or existing employees as well? 

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