On March 17, 2017 at 9:00 AM, the Fourth District Court of Appeal will hear oral argument regarding the City of San Diego’s appeal of the California Employment Relations Board’s (PERB) ruling on Proposition B. Proposition B, approved by the City of San Diego voters in 2012, closed the defined benefit retirement plan to City employees hired on or after July 20, 2012, other than for sworn police officers. PERB ruled the City violated the law by failing to meet and confer with City unions prior to supporting Proposition B. PERB ordered the City to, among other things, meet and confer with the unions, to reimburse the unions for their costs and attorney’s fees for the unions’ anticipated legal action to overturn Proposition B, and to make the affected employees whole. The City’s appeal seeks to overturn the PERB’s ruling.
SDCERS will monitor this case and work with the parties involved on the outcome of the Court’s proceedings.