New California law gives Sonoma County more options for retiree pension increases

For retired Sonoma County workers living on fixed pensions, a new California law could eventually allow some of them to receive cost-of-living increases. But for now, it offers something less tangible: a new set of options.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1601 on Sunday, giving the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors more flexibility to consider cost-of-living increases for retired county employees and their beneficiaries. However, it does not provide an increase or set aside county money for one.