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Campbell Pensions: What Public Employees are Receiving

CalPERS pension list shows what former city and school employees are collecting.

Some 120 retired employees of the city of Campbell, 261 from the , 335 from the and 161 from the Moreland School District are drawing pensions from the California Public Employees Retirement System.

The retirement compensation is part of a list posted by the San Jose Mercury News and other newspapers.

The CalPERS list was unveiled as the state Legislature approved a pension reform bill that is now on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk.

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Among other reforms, the legislation raises the retirement age for most new employees from 55 to 67 to receive full benefits. It also eliminates so-called "double dipping" and caps the pensions of highly paid retired workers.

On the CalPERS database of current retirees, atop the Campbell city employees list is a former police chief, David L. Gulo, who worked for the city for more than 28.8 years. He retired with an initial monthly pension of $16,922.64 a month, which comes to $203,071.68 a year.

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At the other end of the pension list are 11 city retirees whose 2011 gross pension came to less than $5,000.

Atop the list for the Campbell Union School District is a retired administrator with almost 40 years of service to CUSD, Johanna Vandermolen. She retired with an initial monthly pension of $14,244.97, which comes to $170,939.64 a year.

At the other end of the pension list are 10 school district retirees with 2011 gross pensions of less than $10,000.

Atop the list for the Campbell Union High School District is a retired administrator with almost 42 years of service to CUHSD, Patricia Gregory. She retired with an initial monthly pension of $14,590.36, which comes to $145,903.60 a year.

At the other end of the pension list are 11 high school district retirees with 2011 gross pensions of less than $10,000.

Atop the list for the Moreland School District is a retired administrator with almost

At the other end of the pension list are five school district retirees with 2011 gross pensions of less than $10,000.

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