Eric Garcetti and 6 other council members were worried about the pension cost of Los Angeles argued and agreed on reducing civilian worker benefits and increase the retirement age from 55 to 60. This proposal would have 2% of the workers salaries to help pay for healthcare for retired employees, since they currently they don't pay nothing at the moment. The decrease in the new benefits would only apply to the new employees not the ones with existing jobs at the moment. They exchange arguments throughout the meeting till a agreement was fulfilled within the council members.
I believe that what these council members are doing is for a good cause, and I believe the proposal is a very good one indeed. Yet, in my opinion this new proposal should be applied to all workers not just the new young people beginning their careers and jobs to be obliged with this hurtful law. The 7 council members should i really work on a proposal that would not only benefit retired folks but also the working ones as well. Over all, this new agreemaent would be positive in the end and be helpful to our community.
