Opinion No. (2000)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General

THE HONORABLE JACKIE SPEIER, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following question:

Does a city have a contractual obligation to provide paid health benefits to two former city council members who have served more than five years and more than twelve years respectively, where each was a member of the council in 1994 when the council adopted a resolution providing paid health benefits to former council members who serve at least five consecutive years, with the benefits continuing up to twelve…