New Field Poll finds Californians favor pension cuts

[The Northerner]

A new poll released on Thursday found California voters support efforts to pare back pension benefits for police, firefighters, teachers and other public employees.

The Field Poll, conducted with the UC Berkeley, found an upturn in the last two years of the percentage of voters saying public employee pensions are too generous.

"Two years ago, by a margin of 4-to-3, more voters believed that the level of pension benefits that most public workers received was acceptable," Field Poll Director Mark DiCamillo said. "Now, by a margin of 4-to-3, voters view these benefits as being too generous."

Forty-two percent of respondents said they believed pensions for most public employees are too generous, up from 32 percent when Field posed the same question in a 2009 survey.

Thirty-four percent of respondents in the new poll felt public pensions were "at about the right level," down from 40 percent two years ago. The poll found that 14 percent felt pensions aren't generous enough, down from 16 percent two years ago.

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[AsahinaKimi]

1. Not this Californian

Meh.

[jacquelope]

3. Or this one. n/t

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[aquart]

2. They voted for Prop 13 and Arnold.

[AndyTiedye]

4. We've Got San Francisco and Berkeley, But We Also Have Freeperland