July 8, 2011 - During the June 16, 2011 meeting of ACERA's Board of Retirement, the Board resolved to respond to the latest Public Records Act (PRA) requests that ACERA has received from the Bay Area News Group and its subsidiary the Contra Costa Times regarding the specific benefits that ACERA's retirees and beneficiaries receive. The recent appellate court decisions in Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System v. Superior Court, Case No. C065730 and San Diego County Employees' Retirement Association v. Superior Court, Case No. D058962, represent rulings by two courts of competent jurisdiction finding that the information requested by the Bay Area News Group is subject to public disclosure. Prior to these two decisions, ACERA had considered this information exempt from public disclosure.

With this news update, the Board is providing notice to ACERA's members of what will be disclosed. ACERA will release the following.

 

ACERA Retirees

• Name
• Last department worked for
• Retirement date
• Years of service
• Final average salary used to calculate lifetime monthly allowance
• Starting monthly allowance at retirement
• Current gross monthly allowance amount after COLAs

ACERA Beneficiaries receiving monthly allowances

• Name(s)
• Starting monthly allowance of beneficiaries on payroll
• Current gross monthly allowance of beneficiaries on payroll after COLAs
  

For more information, call ACERA at 510-628-3000 or 1-800-838-1932, or email ACERA at info@acera.org.