In Memoriam: June 2023
Our thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of the following current and retired City employees who have passed away...
Retirements Listing: June 2023
Here’s a listing of all those who retired from the City this month...
WHAT'S NEW
Does your vote matter?
Who cares who is elected LACERS Board President? You should care, but unfortunately these elections frequently fly under most people’s radar...
Tim Stratton is a Retiree on the Move
In March 2018 after 31-and-a-half years, Tim Stratton retired from the Los Angeles Convention Center. He started with the City in 1986 as a Mechanical Helper...
How defined benefit plans help our economy
Much of the news coverage on public pensions is negative and stresses the taxpayers’ burden and leaves out the positive aspects of these pensions you have earned over a work lifetime.
Resources for Club Retirees or Those About to Retire
Have you been thinking about signing up for the Club’s Long Term Care Plan? If you have, now is the time to apply!..
LACERS Members Respond to Anthem Advantage PPO Survey
LACERS has released the results of a survey of the more than 4,000 members who are currently enrolled in the Anthem Medicare Advantage PPO...
The Consequential Position of the LACERS Board President
Who cares who is elected LACERS Board President? You should care, but unfortunately these elections frequently fly under most people’s radar...
Resources for Club Retirees or Those About to Retire
Have you been thinking about signing up for the Club’s Long Term Care Plan? If you have, now is the time to apply!..
Resources for Club Retirees or Those About to Retire
Have you been thinking about signing up for the Club’s Long Term Care Plan? If you have, now is the time to apply!..
‘Building’ the Future of LACERS
As LACERS moves into its new building at 977 N. Broadway, here is a retrospective of its various headquarters buildings...
Mark Williams is Retirees on the Move
Mark Williams retired from L.A. Dept. of Water and Power in 2011 after 22 years of service as a Structural Engineering Associate in the Power System...
An Update on LACERS Well
We take it for granted that we have the wonderful wellness program LACERS Well to improve our physical and mental health. However, when you look around, we...
Question Every Retirement Article – Including Mine!
As you read articles about retirement, including retirements from LACERS, it is extremely important that you read them with skepticism. The reason for this is that almost all retirement articles have biases. The two most common issues to watch out for are...
Mitsuko Funakoshi is Retirees on the Move
Meet Mitsuko Funakoshi, who prefers to go by “Mitsie.” Mitsie started her City career in the Controllers Office and retired from the same department after 22 years...
Welcome to the Club’s Outreach to Retirement
Have you been thinking about signing up for the Club’s Long Term Care Plan? If you have, now is the time to apply!..
LACERS Scores Well Compared to Peer Funds
Former Mayor of New York Ed Koch was always asking the public, “How am I doing?” Well, LACERS asked the same thing when it asked an independent firm to do a benchmarking test to compare its performance to other comparable public pension plans...
LACERS’ Actuary Reports Funding Level Increase
The LACERS Board of Administration recently received training in infrastructure investing from its general investment consultant, NEPC, LLC. This is the first step that the Board is taking...
Your Ideas Can Make a Difference!
The process LACERS goes through annually to negotiate with healthcare providers, get the contracts in place, and conduct open enrollment takes almost the whole year. Then, the process starts all over again! In some years, LACERS goes out to bid on the plans...
Go Big and Small – On Charter Change
The crisis of confidence caused by both alleged and proven corruption by some City Councilmembers as well as the shocking audio recording of...
Corrine Chu is Retirees on the Move
Meet Corrine Chu. She prefers to be called “Corrina.” Corrina began her City career in 1969 with the Library as a Clerk Typist. After 33 years, she retired in 2002 from City Planning in the Code Study Division...
Get Happy Now
In the fall of 2017, I was surprised and honored that my friend, bestselling author and Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner, opened his newly released book - The Blue Zones of Happiness - with the story of how I re-engineered my life to achieve happiness...
LACERS Explores Infrastructure Investing
The LACERS Board of Administration recently received training in infrastructure investing from its general investment consultant, NEPC, LLC. This is the first step that the Board is taking...