California Retiree Group Seeks Privacy Hearing on CalPERS’ Planned Pension Database
On Wednesday, Tim Behrens -- president of the 33,000-member California State Retirees -- sent a letter to state Sen. Jim Beall (D-San Jose) and Assembly member Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) requesting a hearing to discuss privacy and public information issues recently highlighted by CalPERS' plan to launch a searchable database of retiree pension information. CalPERS says the information -- which includes members' names, pension allowances, last employer and year of retirement -- is public record, but retiree groups have raised privacy concerns over the database.
- "Retiree Group's President Wants Pension Privacy Hearing" (Ortiz, "The State Worker," Sacramento Bee, 8/16).