San Francisco’s pension fund last year paid $3.3 million to former employees who worked as little as five years in city government but nonetheless qualified for a generous pay package upon their 50th birthday.
The program, which city officials say is unmatched anywhere in the country, gives annuities that include city money to people who didn’t work long enough to qualify for an actual pension.
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