California state pension funds going broke, Stanford study finds

Gwyneth Dickey, Stanford University News New calculations by Stanford graduate students show that California's three main public employee pension funds are in more dire financial trouble than previously believed. California public employee pension systems are worse off than anyone previously projected, according to a new report generated by five graduate students in Stanford's graduate Public Policy Program. The result could be greater pressure on the state budget and a shortage of pension funds in the future...