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Martha: at the center of a debate on retirement plans that is going on in california. he is asking for an additional $75,000 on top of more than quarter of a million annual pension. the case is now before a judge. the ventura county and other communities trying to ditch their pension plans in favor of 401(k) plans. what is going on here? william la jeunesse joins us from los angeles. william, is this sheriff's case the tip of this iceberg? >> reporter: the ex-sheriff is symbol or poster boy for runaway government pensions. 20,000 government employees have pensions in excess of $100,000. part o...

Raises and their uniform allowances, so we have taken this measure to suspend those portions of their contract. >> so it's a freeze? no one is getting fired, no one is losing, no one is getting a lower salary or lower pay. >> correct. >> except to the extent you don't get overtime and your expectation may be lower? >> correct. we are doing that, we've balanced our budget and paid all our bills this year. we very a budget ready for next year and we are moving forward. now, we've been taken to court by our employees. if the city is not able to do this, it will unfortunately mean layoffs. so the ...

Raises and their uniform allowances, so we have taken this measure to suspend those portions of their contract. >> so it's a freeze? no one is getting fired, no one is losing, no one is getting a lower salary or lower pay. >> correct. >> except to the extent you don't get overtime and your expectation may be lower? >> correct. we are doing that, we've balanced our budget and paid all our bills this year. we very a budget ready for next year and we are moving forward. now, we've been taken to court by our employees. if the city is not able to do this, it will unfortunately mean layoffs. so the ...