Battery charges delay ex-CalPERS chief’s sentencing
By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee
CalPERS’ former chief executive, sitting in jail for allegedly committing battery against a former girlfriend, is expected to have his sentencing postponed a week for his role in the pension fund’s bribery scandal.
Fred Buenrostro was scheduled to be sentenced May 18 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco after pleading guilty to accepting bribes from a Lake Tahoe investment banker. But with Buenrostro expected to be in Sacramento County’s main jail until May 22, prosecutors and defense attorneys have agreed to postpone the federal sentencing to May 24. The proposed delay awaits a judge’s approval.