California Construction Trucking Association (CCTA)

06.28.10, 12:00 AM ET

It's said that government workers now make, on average, 30% more than private-sector workers. Put that fantasy aside. It far underestimates the real figures. By my calculations government workers make more than twice as much. They are America's fastest-growing group of millionaires.

Earlier August, the WCIRB Governing Committee directed the WCIRB to submit a filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recommending among other things an approximate 29.6% increase in pure premium rates (or “claims cost benchmark”) effective January 1, 2011. The Governing Committee made its decision based on a recommendation made by the WCIRB Actuarial Committee at its August 4, 2010 meeting.

USA TODAY (8/11/10) - Federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers in more than eight out of 10 occupations, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds.

Accountants, nurses, chemists, surveyors, cooks, clerks and janitors are among the wide range of jobs that get paid more on average in the federal government than in the private sector.

Thank God it Only Rains 15 days a Year Here

By Mike Lewis

The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has taken a monumental step backwards in their efforts to control pollution from rain water in Ventura County. Using a public policy strategy discarded by other public agencies decades ago, the Water Board has opted for a program that will require virtually every new property owner to become responsible for large pollution pits that will be constructed in the yards of every new home. We cannot afford to have this policy extend to Los Angeles County when they renew our Storm Sewer Permit next year.

How politicians turned the California Dream into a nightmare

California has long been a destination for those seeking a better place to live. For most of its history, the state enacted sensible policies that created one of the wealthiest and most innovative economies in human history. California realized the American dream but better, fostering a huge middle class that, for the most part, owned their homes, sent their kids to public schools, and found meaningful work connected to the state’s amazingly diverse, innovative economy.

TO Dale E. Bonner, Secretary Business, Transportation and Housing Agency
FROM Cindy McKim, Director - California Department of Transportation
DATE August 11, 2010
SUBJECT Impacts of Budget Impasse

The absence of Fiscal Year 201 0-1 1 Budget Authority has an immediate result of restricting the Department of Transportation’s (Department) ability to initiate construction projects, award contracts and make payments to vendors. It also prohibits the Department from providing travel advances or reimbursement for our construction employees working in remote areas. Many of these employees are not financially able to front the costs and wait for reimbursement.

There are several rate plans that do not receive the discount (by the way, it is 17% now and will be 18% before year end).  Additionally, there are accounts that cannot be coded for the discounts (like when there’s a delinquent). Presently, there are only a small number of members who do not qualify. Below is the coding disclaimer as it appears August 12, 2010: