The state guv owes the dough

• California Teachers' $107 Billion Unfunded Pension Liability: Who’ll Pay (newsletter - Dan Morain / CALmatters)

Fairly clear that the decades of disadvantage was imposed on local voters by state voters.  The court is going to pass it up the chain, state legislatures are stuck Illinois has the problem, state law bankrupting cities. Judges are ruling that cities get to keep essentials, passing most of the liability back to state.