Taxpayers in California want to have access to pension records

According to San Diego Metropolitan Magazine's 27 Aug 2010 report, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has filed a petition with the Superior Court in San Diego trying to force San Diego County Employees Retirement Association (SDCERA) to disclose its highest paying pensions, believing that based on the existing legal precedents pensions are the matter of public records and therefore are subject for disclosure in the State of California. Still it is a question whether based on the California Public Records Act anyone requesting or doing search service records and pension records that reflect public compensation practices is always in a position to ask for names and other personal identifying information in conjunction with job titles and salaries for past periods when the retiree was still employed. Those who are in active service or duty, mean taxpayers, whose information is available in form of public tax records databases believe it's just equality to know how the taxes they pay are being spent.