[quote= (from the OP) flu]…Yeah, folks saying things won’t be rewritten and changed. Yes it will..When a city can’t pay, no choice. Game over to those benefits…. But look on the bright side… The entire state isn’t there (yet)….[/quote]
You’re “jumping the gun” here, flu.
If you’re referring to the huge patchwork of laws regarding collective bargaining of state, county and local public employees in CA, then I’ve always maintained “things” will have to be “rewritten” or “changed” by the CA Legislature and ONLY them. Game is NOT over yet. Stockton’s BK “trustee” likely hasn’t even been appointed yet and there has been no BK hearing on a possible “discharge” of contractual debts (pensions owed) to retired city workers.
Yes, the “low hanging fruit” is the retiree health-benefit subsidy. Not sure why the city has decided to take a year to phase them out. They were likely never contracted for in the first place.
It will be very interesting to see if the City’s lawyers even ATTEMPT to discharge debts incurred thru contractual obligations to their workers’ unions.
This “fat lady” hasn’t even begun to practice her scales yet :=0
