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Edward HasbrouckNational Institute for Workers’ Rights and <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/LatinoJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LatinoJustice</a> Urge <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalPERS</a> to Divest from <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a>:<a href="https://niwr.org/2025/04/16/tr-niwr-and-latinojustice-calpers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://niwr.org/2025/04/16/tr-niwr-and-latinojustice-calpers/</a>Next CalPERS board meeting June 16: <a href="https://www.calpers.ca.gov/about/board/board-meetings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.calpers.ca.gov/about/board/board-meetings</a><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeslaTakedown</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/TSLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TSLA</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/NIWR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIWR</a>

Edward Hasbrouck<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/teslatakedown" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@teslatakedown</a> - ‪Edward Hasbrouck‬Are you a California state employee or retiree? <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalPERS</a> also owns more than $1B of TSLA stock at last report. Next CalPERS board meeting is Monday, June 16, 2025. Mark you calendar to tell them to SELL TSLA:<a href="https://www.calpers.ca.gov/about/board/board-meetings/calendar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.calpers.ca.gov/about/board/board-meetings/calendar</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:Hey California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)!Please DIVEST FROM TESLA NOW! California workers do not want to support a Nazi!<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalPERS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BankruptTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BankruptTesla</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CancelStarlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancelStarlink</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottSpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoycottSpaceX</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeslaTakedown</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArrestElonMusk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Swastikars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Swastikars</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NaziMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaziMusk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PresidentMusk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FuckElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckElonMusk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Edward HasbrouckWe got custom shirts made today to wear to the CalSTRS board meeting in Sacramento, in case they don't let our signs into the meeting room.CalSTRS board meets 3/12-3/13: <a href="https://www.calstrs.com/files/4685dbffe/z00-Call+Letter+-+Single+Teleconference+-+FINAL.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.calstrs.com/files/4685dbffe/z00-Call+Letter+-+Single+Teleconference+-+FINAL.pdf</a>CalPERS board meets 3/19-3/21: <a href="https://www.calpers.ca.gov/documents/202503-board-notice/download?inline" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.calpers.ca.gov/documents/202503-board-notice/download?inline</a>See you in Sacramento (or phoning in public comment)!<a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeslaTakedown</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/CalSTRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalSTRS</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalPERS</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/teslatakedown" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@teslatakedown</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯tfw <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SteveBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SteveBannon</a> keeps making great points:> "Remember, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a> and all these guys came out of graduate schools [and] they didn't have any money. The people that invest - it's all pension fund money. So it's Oregon State Pension Fund, it's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalPERS</a>, it's Alabama Teachers Fund. All of their money: this is the Greek tragedy part of this. The American working class and middle class have essentially, through their hard work and savings, paid for their own destruction. Your greatest strength was turned against you. Your ability to be a good householder, your ability to actually have something, your ability to pay your taxes on a regular basis and have a little something put away, that's what the venture capitalists and the hedge funds use to ship the jobs overseas and destroy, not only your own economics and your personal life but to make sure that your children and grandchildren essentially live like serfs" <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fpoT7EWVzejpSlBgRHioq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fpoT7EWVzejpSlBgRHioq</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NerdReich</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcAndreessen</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a16z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a16z</a>

CelloMom On Cars"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalPERS</a>, the biggest public pension plan in the United States, said on Monday it would vote against all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Exxon</a> Mobil (XOM.N) board members at its upcoming annual meeting on May 29, citing the oil major's legal action against activist investors."<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/calpers-vote-against-exxon-board-members-2024-05-20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/business/calpers-vote-against-exxon-board-members-2024-05-20/</a>

CelloMom On Cars"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a>'s top public pension fund on Friday said it will more than double its climate-focused investments to $100 billion by 2030 and consider selling stocks in companies with poor plans for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnergyTransition</a>.Staff for the California Public Employees' Retirement System (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalPERS</a>) said the plan will boost returns for the $444 billion system, the largest in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a>, plus cut in half its portfolio's "emissions intensity"."<a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/calpers-double-climate-investments-consider-asset-sales-2023-11-03/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/calpers-double-climate-investments-consider-asset-sales-2023-11-03/</a>

Cory DoctorowPublic service union pensions have invested $650 million with PE funds. In 2001, the share of public union pensions invested in PE was 3.5%; today, it's 13%:<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B0vv26VEFmwtfw5ur6dSDMY8NftvZKij/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B0vv26VEFmwtfw5ur6dSDMY8NftvZKij/</a>Giant public union funds like <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalPERS</a> are planning massive increases in their contributions to PE:<a href="https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page/newsroom/calpers-news/2023/calpers-preliminary-investment-return-fiscal-year-2022-23" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page/newsroom/calpers-news/2023/calpers-preliminary-investment-return-fiscal-year-2022-23</a>This results in some ghastly and ironic situations. 8/

CelloMom On CarsIt remains tough to get institutions to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/divest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divest</a>: "SB 252 would require the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a> Public Employees’ Retirement System (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalPERS</a>) and the State Teachers’ Retirement System (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CalSTRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalSTRS</a>) to sell their remaining <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuel</a> investments by the 2030s.For the second time in two years, the bill was blocked by a single legislator heading the Assembly’s Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. It will be up for reconsideration next year."<a href="https://capitalandmain.com/one-person-stopped-californias-divestment-from-fossil-fuels-again" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://capitalandmain.com/one-person-stopped-californias-divestment-from-fossil-fuels-again</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️1 Person (Tina McKinnor) Stopped California’s Divestment f. Fossil Fuels <a href="https://capitalandmain.com/one-person-stopped-californias-divestment-from-fossil-fuels-again" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://capitalandmain.com/one-person-stopped-californias-divestment-from-fossil-fuels-again</a>* SB 252: <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB252" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB252</a> * divestment bill re: California public pension, teacher retirement funds * $14.8 billion invested in 200 largest oil, gas & coal companiesTina McKinnor (D-CA): <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_McKinnor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_McKinnor</a> * member of the California State Assembly<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TinaMcKinnor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TinaMcKinnor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SB252" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SB252</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/divestment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divestment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CalPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalPERS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CalSTRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalSTRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neoliberalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PensionFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PensionFunds</a>

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