CA Supreme Court to review pension board case

The California Supreme Court will hear a case brought by six former San Diego City pension board members accused of conflict of interest for putting less money into the retirement system than required and increasing benefits in the future, KPBS reports. (LISTEN)

Retirement systems around the state urged the court to take the case, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

Prosecutors say it led to the $1 billion deficit in the retirement system. Defense lawyers say the prosecution is wrong, arguing that the law contains exemptions that make the board members action legal.

Prosecutors have an uphill battle when it's heard sometime next year, University of San Diego law professor Shaun Martin told the Union-Tribune.