Alameda Implementation Status Update

VCERA Staff are implementing the July 2020 California Supreme Court Decision, Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association v. Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association (2020) 9 Cal.5th 1032, 1070, commonly referred to as “Alameda.” This implementation is being executed in accordance with the latest direction received from the Board of Retirement in Resolutions passed by the VCERA Board between October 2020 and April 2023.

VCERA staff has provided the Board of Retirement with Alameda implementation status updates at the monthly Board meetings. Highlights from the latest status reports include:

• The VCERA Project for Alameda Corrections team includes several staff, plus coordination with the County of Ventura and many other consultants and system support services.
• The project consists of two phases:
  • Phase 1 – Calculate corrections to pensionable earnings & member contributions
  • Phase 2 – Calculate corrections to retirement benefits & process refunds with interest
• VCERA is nearing the end of Phase 1, with work in Phase 2 projected to begin in 2025.
• Currently, VCERA staff are working to clean up historical data, and test system enhancements for accuracy of the corrections.
• The County has recently completed programming for certain calculations and the next step is for the project team to perform full testing of those changes.
• Refunds and benefit recalculations are projected to begin in the second half of 2025. That process is projected to take a year or more to complete.
• Affected members will receive individual communication prior to their corrections being processed.

VCERA will post additional updates about its Alameda Implementation as the multi-year project progresses. To receive email alerts when updates are posted to our website, please enter your information here: https://www.vcera.org/vcera-website-notifications.