Pension issue to go before voters

Orange County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to place a measure on the November ballot letting voters decide if future pension increases for county government workers should be put to a public vote.

If approved by voters as part of the Nov. 4 general election ballot, the measure would amend the county’s charter to require that retirement benefit increases for county workers be approved by a majority of voters, with a study of the benefits’ cost published in ballot pamphlets.