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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...