California Court Limits Vacation Cashouts | Los Angeles News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Los Angeles News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews California’s top court just shut down a loophole letting public workers cash out vacation time over multiple years to boost retirement checks — ruling that only vacation days used within a single calendar year count toward pension payouts. The decision, rooted in 2013 pension reform meant to curb costs after economic crashes, blocks employees from using rolling 12-month windows to game the system. A retired Ventura County attorney’s attempt to claim 40 extra vacation hours became the flashpoint — the court said letting such “straddling” could let others double their cashouts, which lawmakers never intended. The ruling affects only county pension plans, not statewide systems like CalPERS, and was backed by pension fund advocates who said flexible timing would create chaos and cost. The court’s message: keep it simple, keep it fair, and honor the reform’s original goal — sustainable pensions for all, without taxpayer overreach. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/f7bb791c6c3d11c6