26,000 California public retirees in $100K Club skyrockets, but they’re just part of the burden on state pension system

Back in 2005 — when Disneyland turned 50, George W. Bush began his second term in the White House and Microsoft released the Xbox 360 — a mere 1,841 people collected pensions exceeding $100,000 a year in the massive California Public Employees Retirement System.  By 2009, when Barack Obama was inaugurated...