Larry,
I collect my own Social Security I was and am still self employed
My husbad a school teacher gets a calpers pension and elected t0 take half his pension so I Would get the half he now gets when he dies. I get conflicting info
Yes I can colect his pension and my social security and
No my Social security or his pension will be reduced b 2/3. He took half his pension so I would get his half.
Thank you so much for your help

Hi. All I can tell you for sure is that collecting a survivor pension from CalPERS will NOT cause your Social Security benefits to be reduced. I wouldn't think that collecting Social Security benefits would cause your CalPERS survivor pension to be reduced either, but I can't tell you that for sure because my area of expertise is limited to Social Security benefits.

Best, Jerry