Calpers Boardroom Reformer Shown the Door
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The ouster of the president of the California Public Employees&#39; Retirement System comes amid a growing backlash against corporate reform, but shareholder advocates expect the move to have little direct effect on the corporate governance movement.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 29--Sacramento County's landmark affordable housing law is under attack, and the real threat isn't the court system, but a new majority on the Board of Supervisors.
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During a packed hearing on Fannie Mae&#39;s accounting practices last week, Rep. Richard H. Baker (R-La.), a leading critic of the District-based mortgage finance company, displayed a poster
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The ousting of fund president Sean Harrigan from Americaâs largest pension fund has been viewed by many as the first Republican victory in a battle to undermine the influence of pension funds like Calpers on corporate governance issues.
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Schwarzenegger goes from ridiculed novice to GOP's second-most visible national figure.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - California Governor Arnold  Schwarzenegger on Wednesday called for a special session of the  legislature to consider controversial reform proposals,  including a law that would trigger across-the-board spending  cuts to close a widening budget gap.
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The California Public Employees Retirement System board unanimously picked Rob Feckner, a 27-year school employee and union official, as its president Wednesday, replacing ousted labor leader Sean Harrigan.
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Blog: They also re-elect all board members at shareholder meeting Tuesday.
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Incoming Speaker Pelosi unveils a reform agenda - even as corruption probes of two Democrats proceed.
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Calpers, the biggest US pension fund, put corporate boardrooms on notice on Monday that it plans a crackdown on executive compensation, and said it would
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Secretary of State Kevin Shelley guided California through a surprisingly trouble-free recall election last year and became a national champion to voting rights activists when he sounded the alarm about the potential for fraud and other problems with electronic voting machines.
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John Burton, a California institution, is cleaning out his desk for the last time after a 40-year political career.
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By Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Jun. 25----Thumbs up to Auditor-Controller Robert Stark, his staff, Deputy County Administrator Barbara Kinnison, the staff of Sutter County's Information Services Department, county department heads and the county payroll staff.
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By Sandra Stokley, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Dec.
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Sean Harrigan, president of Calpers, California&#39;s largest public pension fund, was removed on Wednesday. The California Public Employees Retirement System, or Calpers, manages $178 billion of retirement money.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2004 (SmartPros) California Public Employees&#39; Retirement System (CalPERS) has a new plan &quot;to reign in abusive compensation practices in corporate America and hold directors and
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Incumbent California GOP lawmakers facing ethics questions: