COUNCIL BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
MEETING
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2025
DOCUMENTS RECEIVED AFTER
PUBLISHED AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMENT / AGENDA ITEM 1
years inflation" the California Supreme Court sought to end in the 2020 Alameda Case (County Deputy Sheriff’s Assn. v. Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Assn.).
Therefore, I urge this committee to take three definitive governance steps as part of the Fiscal Sustainability Plan:
First, I strongly support the plan for an independent fiscal review. I ask that you explicitly expand that mandate to include a forensic audit of end-of-career compensation to protect the city from pension liability risks identified in the Alameda case.
Second, direct that a future agenda item be scheduled for this committee to publicly define the specific conditions that would trigger the city to declare a fiscal emergency to renegotiate all contracts.
Third, instruct the City Administrator to report back with a plan to align future compensation growth with the city's sustainable revenue growth, starting with the highest-cost positions.
Without these actions, any plan will only manage the symptoms of a cost structure you have the power and the duty to correct. Thank you.
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Carlos Noe Saavedra, CFA