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Start Building Your Dream Retirement

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6 Ways to Secure Your Finances After Retirement

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What Happens to Your Pension When You Leave CalPERS Employment?

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‘Start Early and Start Now’ — Insights From CalPERS Benefits Education Events

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Educate and Empower Yourself in Retirement

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PERSpective provides information for members of the retirement and health programs of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. If you would like to give us feedback or suggest future topics, send us an email.

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In the early 1930s, there was a push to create a retirement system for California's state workers — which eventually came to pass, marking the beginning of CalPERS.

While we now cover far more than just state workers, the same vision is intact to this day.
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All CalPERS offices will be closed Friday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day.

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