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Pensions: What Public Employees are Getting

Newspaper database details pension range for Livermore retirees in CalPERS system; it's a context for the pension reform bill that awaits the governor's signature.

Nearly 300 retired employees of the and 501 from the are drawing pensions from the California Public Employees Retirement System.

The retirement compensation is part of a list posted by the San Jose Mercury News and other newspapers.

The CalPERS list was unveiled as the state Legislature last week approved a pension reform bill that is now on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk.

Among other reforms, the legislation raises the retirement age for most new employees from 55 to 67 to receive full benefits. It also eliminates so-called "double dipping" and caps the pensions of highly paid retired workers.

On the CalPERS database of current retirees, atop the Livermore city employees list is a former director of finance/city treasurer, Monica Potter. She retired with an initial monthly pension of $19,704 a month. Last year her total pension came to $188,566.

Twelve former city employees in 2011 took in pensions of more than $100,000 each.

At the other end of the pension list are 24 city retirees whose 2011 pensions came to less than $5,000.

Atop the list for the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District is former Superintendent Brenda Miller. She retired with an initial monthly pension of $13,396. Her 2011 total pension was nearly $228,000.

At the other end of the pension list are 14 school district retirees with 2011 gross pensions of less than $5,000.

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