Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod co-chairs the conference committee charged with hammering out this complex piece of legislation. She says the committee will vote Tuesday on a bill that contains most of the governor's 12-point pension plan.
Negrete McLeod: "We agreed with the governor on 7 points - no problem there - and then we went far beyond what the governor had asked on some other things. I think this will clear up pensions as a whole."
Negrete McLeod says the bill would raise the retirement age
for public safety employees from 50 to 55, and for non-public
safety employees from 55 to 67. She also says Governor Brown
isn't happy with parts of the legislation - including a "hybrid"
pension system that differs from his original proposal. The
governor's office declined comment.