Can California cut public pensions? The state Supreme Court is weighing a law designed to help reduce a shortfall of hundreds of billions of dollars.
The California Supreme Court made it clear Monday that state and local governments may reduce pension costs by repealing certain benefits without running afoul of constitutional protections for public pensions.
He said employees were recruited and told they could depend on the pension rules in place. “My clients were promised they would have deferred compensation,” he said.
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