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06.19.17 Volume 16 Issue 187
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Santa Monica Daily Press
City leaders put $45 million toward employee pensions
Colorful parade marches through Ocean Park next month
KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer
Santa Monica is about to shell out $45 million toward tackling its biggest threat to long-term fiscal sustainability: its long-term unfunded pension obligations for staff members under CalPERS. The money will add up to about an 11 percent decrease in the City’s unfunded liability, according to estimates from PERS cited by the City. The City Council approved the decision Tuesday to pay down a
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KATE CAGLE
Daily Press Staff Writer
Daily Press Staff Writer
The 41st Annual Festival of the Chariots is slowly approaching and is looking for volunteers and donations to help with the Aug. 6 event that brings three huge carts through the streets of Santa Monica and down the Venice boardwalk. The Festival of the Chariots can be referred to as Ratha Yatra, which began 5,000 years ago in India. The annual parade celebrates the arts, culture, food and spirituality of India with a huge colorful chariot parade, along with live entertainment. The tradition was brought to the West in 1967 and is celebrated in many of the major cities of the world, such as London, Delhi, New York and Santa Monica. “It is a re-enactment of a huge annual
Detectives have discovered more evidence in a bizarre shooting after they found a Santa Monica man with a gunshot wound to his face outside JP’s Sports Bar and Grill near 11th and Wilshire Blvd early Monday, June 12. Police now believe the gunshot victim shot himself at his home a few blocks away on the 1300 block of 9th Street in the Mid-City neighborhood. The victim has been identified as Jayson Albertorio, a wanted fugitive from New York. Police say Albertorio had a warrant for an armed robbery parole violation. Albertorio has been released from the hospital and will be extradited to New York on the fugitive warrant. Meanwhile, detectives are still investigating the shooting incident in Santa Monica.
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chunk of the City’s more than $380 million unfunded liability in order to save costs over time. A recent decision by CalPERS to lower the anticipated rate of return on its investment portfolio is expected to increase the burden on cities across California. In Santa Monica, the City’s employer contribution rates could go up by as much as 50 percent in the next five years. “As a result, members like us will have to increase our annual SEE PENSIONS PAGE 6
Police reveal new evidence in Mid-City shooting
CHARIOTS: The Festival of Chariots rolls through Santa Monica and Venice in August.
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A friend of the victim who lives in New York called NYPD shortly before 6 a.m. Monday to report his friend had been shot in Santa Monica and the victim was outside the JP’s Bar. When local police got to JP’s, the victim was waiting outside the bar, which had been closed for hours. Police believe the shooting may have happened around 3 a.m. Lt. Saul Rodriguez said the SMPD forensics team found no evidence that the shooting happened inside or outside the bar. Despite the proximity of the wound to the victim’s mouth, Lt. Rodriguez said it was considered a “minor gunshot wound” and the victim was listed in fair condition at the hospital. Anyone with more information should call the Santa Monica Police Department at (310) 458-8449. kate@smdp.com
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