California Supreme Court
Alameda County Deputy etc. v. Alameda County Employees' etc.
July 30, 2020
Summary
The court held that county retirement boards' settlement agreements did not give legacy employees an express contractual or equitable-estoppel right to pension calculations inconsistent with the PEPRA amendment. It further held that the amendment constituted a cognizable change to CERL for contract-clause purposes, but satisfied the California Rule because it addressed pension spiking and loopholes in a manner materially related to the pension system's integrity. The opinion text is truncated before the disposition; no separate opinion was provided.