On: California Has a Staggering Amount of Pension Debt

[mywittyname]

It's actually a quarter million a year in total benefits.

[zaccus → mywittyname]

Can they elect to receive a quarter million cash dollars in lieu of benefits? If not, such benefits are not really part of their compensation any more than their uniforms or cars.

[mywittyname → zaccus]

I guess it depends on what constitutes "other pay." There's an officer with $70,000 worth of Other Pay. But overtime pay is definitely paid in cash.

But if you want to quibble about $70,000 in pension and healthcare payments, that still leaves $160-180k a year in direct compensation.