calpers solution in. >> pay out of pocket. >> reporter: she says calpers promises to reimburse the expenses when she finally gets her benefits but those benefits are all cora and thousands just like her have. >> for seniors, especially, that is irreparable if they get kicked out of their house or they don't make a doctor's appointment that they need, that's a very scary proposition. >> reporter: while calpers was unavailable for comment today, it tells the "sacramento bee" we're telling insurance carriers don't cancel these members. and kaiser says it won't. but that's little consolation for those posting on facebook that calpers is making it difficult to grieve and they are praying they don't become ill. calpers expects to have the problem fixed within 90 days but for many like cora it's taken something that's irreplaceable. >> a time to just grieve about my dad because we just had unfinished business with them. and i think that's unforgivable. >> reporter: now, both consumerwatch and senator leno's office reached out to calpers on cora's behalf and as a result kaiser has >> reinstated her

we send that to calpers. there is an election to join the system, even though they are already in it. and then there is a final resolution we will bring to you in december when we will also bring the required program resolution. >> thank you. item #9. >> item #9 is the annual review of for policy and a price " -- approval of minor changes to the policy in conformance with california state government code. >> i work for policy for investments was originally approved -- reoriginally approvd in 2006. we did the review back and they come up the state's commission on debt and investments, they are little behind in getting their annual updates up, so by adopting their annual update for 2011 at this time, and then getting ourselves on their annual schedule for 2012, we will look at the investment policy again next fall. that will line up better with their schedules. the updates they released in 2011 are fairly minor in nature. they change their ratings of different investments you are allowed to invest in as a publi

. >> the problem affects calpers retirees and their death benefits.d out when a loved one dies, instead of receiving cash benefits, grieving spouses are getting the runaround. julie watts has their story tonight. >> i feel so sad. >> reporter: why? >> because my husband told me that i will be all right in case he goes first. >> reporter: but she isn't all right. her husband santiago died nearly two months ago and the calpers death benefit he set up for her should have materialized after 30 days. >> but the 30 days turned into 45, then turned into 60. then turned 120. >> reporter: she says instead of grieving her father's loss, her life is now consumed with

the glitch causing a bureaucratic mess for thousands of california widows who rely on calpers. >>> forany it's a family tradition buying a real christmas tree but you might be surprised to find out what's the greatest threat to the christmas tree growing industry. >> that and more tonight at 6:00. >>> and thanks for watching. the cbs evening news is up next. >> let's keep an eye on the protestors that are in union square. they have been there for about an hour now in front of nieman marcus and macy's. they have as you see stopped traffic and police are there. we'll keep an eye on it give you an update at 6:00.

resolution authorizing the city to implement a pre-tax payroll deduction plan for all employees in calperst needs to be made. i asked that we adopt the amendment and then move it forward or approve it as amended. supervisor chiu: motion to amend. colleagues, any objection? motion to amend passes. on the underlying resolution as amended, if we could take that same house, same call? without objection, the resolution is adopted as amended. we have a 3:30 special order. given that the party is actually hear the supervisor chu would like to of knowledge, i would like to ask for unanimous consent that we waive the rule that we do the special accommodation at 3:30. without objection, that shall be the case. the special 3:30 rule shall be waived. to our 3:30 special commendation. supervisor chu: we have a very special group of like to invite to the podium, change sf. i have the distinct honor to recognize the special group of individuals from a district four school -- lincoln high school, home of the mighty mustangs. the group is actually an organization called change sf. i remember when i met her

the governor is about to introduce an initiative to have pension reform statewide for calpers workerskey issue always in places across the state, across the nation where this is a problem is one of unfunded liability which means essentially the amount that the city, the locality and in many cases the state is going to owe for current pensioners and future pensioners to be able to recover the value of their pension. what's the difference between what you had to pay that off and what you owe. the real difficulty in many cases is that when times are good and the amount that you had to pay it off has been invested nobody complains but in a down market cycle like we have this is a problem. made worse by the fact that pensions basically are premised on the same idea of social security. you have a large number of people paying into a system and a smaller number of people in retirement. right now of a lot of people who are about to retire and not enough people paying into a system and the cities haven't made the contributions in a lot of cases so you have a huge problem. >> let's talk about s

not all pensions allow this but some do like calpers for example. pension spiking means if i have worked for 30 years in the system i wait until my 29th year if i'm going to retire at 30 to take a more important job with a higher salary and lock in that salary as basis for my retirement. and one of the reforms that i think most people are looking at is no, just take best three years of average your salary over the life of the pension, a more fair way of doing it. these kinds of small reforms are trying to get people, for example, also to retire at a later age than before, part of the reason that people want reform. those safety workers just as an example, many are able to retire at the age of 50 when other workers have to wait until 5 0 or 60 to do that. >> 50 sounds good. >> if you have been a police officer and firefighter and face death on a daily basis, 50 doesn't seem so bad because your life expectancy might be lower. those are the reasons. the costs for the pensions long term are huge and the funding isn't sustainable without reform of the ev

international criminal court might weigh in heavily on the for assuring that they were not harmed by ev calpersssigned to keep them from giving relevant testimony. i intend to communicate directly to the chief prosecutor, the international criminal court and urge him to grant witness protected status to the potential witnesses who today are in that camp. [applause] and it is an international crime to tamper with witnesses or to murder witnesses. that is what the mafia does. it's not what civilized societies do. in any event these deserve protection on humanitarian grounds. the action of the government and those in iraq up to the law make it clear that these dissidents are potential targets of the mischief. the united states government which was responsible for disarming them as the responsibility to protect them. we've heard from so many now about the impending visit of the iranian leader, the iraqi leader to the presidency of the united states. there was an interesting freudian slip. if the president of the united states does not demand a change in the iraqi government's commitment to close th

international criminal court might weigh in heavily on the for assuring that they were not harmed by ev calpersssigned to keep them from giving relevant testimony. i intend to communicate directly to the chief prosecutor, the international criminal court and urge him to grant witness protected status to the potential witnesses who today are in that camp. [applause] and it is an international crime to tamper with witnesses or to murder witnesses. that is what the mafia does. it's not what civilized societies do. in any event these deserve protection on humanitarian grounds. the action of the government and those in iraq up to the law make it clear that these dissidents are potential targets of the mischief. the united states government which was responsible for disarming them as the responsibility to protect them. we've heard from so many now about the impending visit of the iranian leader, the iraqi leader to the presidency of the united states. there was an interesting freudian slip. if the president of the united states does not demand a change in the iraqi government's commitment to close th

international criminal court might weigh in heavily on the for assuring that they were not harmed by ev calpersssigned to keep them from giving relevant testimony. i intend to communicate directly to the chief prosecutor, the international criminal court and urge him to grant witness protected status to the potential witnesses who today are in that camp. [applause] and it is an international crime to tamper with witnesses or to murder witnesses. that is what the mafia does. it's not what civilized societies do. in any event these deserve protection on humanitarian grounds. the action of the government and those in iraq up to the law make it clear that these dissidents are potential targets of the mischief. the united states government which was responsible for disarming them as the responsibility to protect them. we've heard from so many now about the impending visit of the iranian leader, the iraqi leader to the presidency of the united states. there was an interesting freudian slip. if the president of the united states does not demand a change in the iraqi government's commitment to close th