Local 829, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. City of Menlo Park (Super. Ct. San Mateo County, 2012, No. CIV-508435.) Like most California public entities, the City of Menlo Park has struggled with the ever-increasing burden of post-employment benefits. In an…
The CalPERS Pension and Health Benefits Committee plans to consider changes to actuarial economic assumptions used to determine employer rates. The Committee is meeting on March 13th. The staff expects to recommend changes to some or all of the current assumptions. Read circular letter here.
Marken v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (Cal. Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate Dist., Case No. B231787, ___ Cal.App.4th ___, 2012 WL 182000, Jan. 24, 2012.) FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In October 2008, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (District) investigated a sexual harassment complaint…
Walls v. Central Contra Costa Transit Authority (U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Case No. 10-15967, ___F.3d ___, 2011 WL 3319442, Aug. 3, 2011) A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Walls v. Central Contra Costa Transit Authority serves as a…
International Assn. of Fire Fighters, Local 188 v. P.E.R.B (City of Richmond) (Cal. Supreme Court, Case No. S172377) On January 24, 2011, the California Supreme Court issued an important decision for public employers across the state, reaffirming the longstanding principle that while the effects of…
Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP announced today its involvement in litigation challenging the State of California’s proposed sale of eleven historic state buildings, including buildings in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles that house our Supreme Court, appellate courts, attorney general offices, and critical law…