The rate increases were masked by federal subsidies that PPACA provides to 88 percent of Californians who purchased coverage through the states exchange, Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said.
The California Public Employees Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension, reported an 18.4 percent gain on investments for the fiscal year ended June 30 as global stock indexes rose to records.
Labor leaders are now readying efforts to raise the minimum wage for a second consecutive year, increase paid family leave and institute better pay and benefits for retail and service workers.
Calpers said fees paid to external firms for performance more than doubled in the year that ended June 30 to $377.6 million, up from $165 million the previous year.
Joseph Dear, who as chief investment officer of the California Public Employees Retirement System rebuilt the biggest U.S. public pension after a $96 billion loss, died yesterday in Sacramento. He was 62.
The $281 billion fund earned 25.6 percent on its publicly traded equity holdings while private equity, which lags three months, gained 19 percent through the end of September.
Brown also said hell back a constitutional amendment to stockpile unpredictable capital-gains taxes and deal with looming shortfalls in public pensions.