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Wow, I didn't know that the anti-pensioners had so much influence in California!

Another way of saying it: I don't think your summary is particularly fair or accurate.

They passed Prop 13.

The anti-pensioners' historical influence is enshrined in the California constitution, Article XIII A.

https://ballotpedia.org/Article_XIII_A,_California_Constitut...

Sounds rather conspiratorial. You should provide some evidence for such a claim.

More like politicians and union bosses lobbied for taxpayer funded pensions to be exempt from laws like ERISA and PPA so that they could play games with the pension fund money and purchase votes from the union members without stating real benefit costs.