Very interesting! Good point. Now, Cal pers is a state pension, so do other tax payers have to help out at all?
In theory, Vernon paid into the Cal Pers pension for him.
The argument is they paid into it based on incorrect claims by him (unnecessary or fraudulent claims of overtime, and travel).
Vernon makes so much money for so few people that live there that it has been a corruption magnet for the last 20 years. Its local taxes are lower than other surrounding cities. It is full of businesses, so they can’t expand, and can’t reasonably spend the money they take in.
All that money sitting in various accounts is a powerful temptation.