Orange County, California, Retroactive Pensions Upheld
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A 2001 retroactive increase in retirement benefits for deputy sheriffs in Orange County, California, didn’t violate the state’s constitution, a state appeals court ruled in dismissing a challenge by the county.
The California appeals court in Los Angeles, in a unanimous decision yesterday, upheld the 2009 finding by a judge that the retroactive part of an enhanced formula for calculating the deputy sheriffs’ retirement benefits didn’t violate a state prohibition against municipalities increasing their debt or liabilities without voter approval.