20 members of the City of Phoenix gathered to deliberate on Prop. 487 regarding pension reform, specifically changing to a defined contribution plan and setting up ways to stop pension spiking. The measure failed with 58% of the vote against it.
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Arizona Citizens' Initiative Review (CIR) on Proposition 487: Pension Reform
July 29, 2021 | Jaskiran Gakhal, Participedia Team |
February 11, 2020 | Alanna Scott, Participedia Team |
September 3, 2019 | Scott Fletcher Bowlsby |
July 7, 2019 | jxz305 |
- General Issues
- Economics
- Labor & Work
- Specific Topics
- Pensions & Retirement
- Aging Issues
- Wage Standards
- Scope of Influence
- Regional
- Start Date
- End Date
- Ongoing
- No
- Time Limited or Repeated?
- A single, defined period of time
- Purpose/Goal
- Research
- Develop the civic capacities of individuals, communities, and/or civil society organizations
- Approach
- Research
- Citizenship building
- Spectrum of Public Participation
- Inform
- Total Number of Participants
- 20
- Open to All or Limited to Some?
- Limited to Only Some Groups or Individuals
- Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
- Stratified Random Sample
- General Types of Methods
- Deliberative and dialogic process
- General Types of Tools/Techniques
- Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
- Recruit or select participants
- Inform, educate and/or raise awareness
- Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
- Citizens' Initiative Review
- Initiative Process
- Deliberation
- Sortition
- Q&A Session
- Legality
- Yes
- Facilitators
- Yes
- Facilitator Training
- Professional Facilitators
- Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
- Face-to-Face
- Types of Interaction Among Participants
- Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
- Ask & Answer Questions
- Information & Learning Resources
- Written Briefing Materials
- Expert Presentations
- Decision Methods
- Voting
- If Voting
- Majoritarian Voting
- Communication of Insights & Outcomes
- Public Report
- Primary Organizer/Manager
- Healthy Democracy
- Type of Organizer/Manager
- Non-Governmental Organization
- Type of Funder
- Non-Governmental Organization
- Staff
- Yes
- Volunteers
- No
- Evidence of Impact
- Yes
- Types of Change
- Changes in people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior
- Implementers of Change
- Lay Public