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No wonder we have such a huge deficit
May. 24th, 2012 07:50 pmSan Jose leads the state 10 largest cities in disability retirements:
City % of rertires on disability (police & firefighters)
San Jose 63% (!!!)
Oakland 44
San Francisco 39
San Diego 39
Sacramento 31
Los Angeles 20
When police or firefighters retire on work related disability half of their former salary is tax free.
Top-scale firefighters retiree pension is 85% of his salary ($83,616).
Source: San Jose Mercury News
City % of rertires on disability (police & firefighters)
San Jose 63% (!!!)
Oakland 44
San Francisco 39
San Diego 39
Sacramento 31
Los Angeles 20
When police or firefighters retire on work related disability half of their former salary is tax free.
Top-scale firefighters retiree pension is 85% of his salary ($83,616).
Source: San Jose Mercury News