Newsom Vetoes AB 1383, Blocking Pension Rollback for California Police and Firefighters at 55
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Updated · OCRegister · Sep 21
Newsom Vetoes AB 1383, Blocking Pension Rollback for California Police and Firefighters at 55
3 articles · Updated · OCRegister · Sep 21
Summary
Gavin Newsom on Sunday rejected AB 1383, stopping a bill that would have expanded pension benefits for California police officers and firefighters by lowering the retirement age from 57 to 55.
The veto preserved Jerry Brown-era PEPRA reforms, which Newsom said were born from California’s last pension crisis and should not be partially undone.
$36.4 billion in 2024-25 state and local funds was diverted to pension contributions—up 162% from a decade earlier—fueling warnings that higher obligations would squeeze services from policing to road maintenance.
Reason Foundation analysis cited in the report said 86% of the added taxpayer cost would have gone to public safety employees earning more than $160,000, while broader benefit demands from other unions could have followed.