California’s top court will review major public pension ruling

The California Supreme Court decided Tuesday to review a ruling that would give state and local governments new authority to cut public employee pensions.

The court, meeting in closed session, unanimously accepted labor unions’ appeal of a decision that said government pensions were not “immutable” and could be trimmed.

But the court will not review further arguments in the case until a court of appeal resolves another pending pension dispute. That could take months.