The number is misleading because the support for reform is much stronger than that. The poll shows fewer than one in four Californians contend the governor’s plan goes too far. Fourteen percent oppose the governor’s plan because they believe it doesn’t go far enough.
The $250 million hole Sonoma County is in for unfunded retirement benefits could get deeper following a state Supreme Court decision that severely limits the ability of counties to cut health care benefits for retirees.