Serrano

Filed 2/26/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

GERRY SERRANO, C098392

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. 34-2022- 80003935-CU-WM-GDS) v.

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Shelleyanne W.L. Chang, Judge. Affirmed.

Messing Adam & Jasmine and Lina Balciunas Cockrell for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Nossaman, Ashley K. Dunning and Alexander Westerfield for Defendant and Respondent.

1 Appellant Gerry Serrano took a leave of absence from being a police officer for the City of Santa Ana (City) to serve as president of the Santa Ana Police Officers Association (Association). Respondent Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) determined certain special pay additives the City paid Serrano before and during his service as Association president could not be included in Serrano’s pension. The Administrative Board of CalPERS (Board) and later the superior court affirmed the exclusion of most of these pay additives from Serrano’s…