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...

Get Happy Now

The process of setting, working toward and reaching goals is part of most positions in the workplace, and play a part in our family and everyday lives as well.

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...

Health Insurance Carriers Refund Surpluses

LACERS has received the return of surpluses of more than $4 million from Anthem Blue Cross, and an amount already with LACERS from Delta Dental that may be used by...

Ilesia ‘Faye’ Jones is a Retiree on the Move

Ilesia “Faye” Jones retired in 2020 from Personnel, the same year the Lakers won the NBA Championship, and the Dodgers won the World Series!..