Dicarlo

*472 I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant County of Monterey entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Monterey County Deputy Sheriffs Association (Sheriffs Association). The terms of the MOU included a longevity performance stipend that provided that a member of the Sheriffs Association who achieved 20 years of service with the County of Monterey and a satisfactory or outstanding performance evaluation could receive an additional stipend of up to eight percent. Plaintiffs are members of the Sheriffs Association who either received the longevity performance stipend prior to their retirement, are currently receiving the longevity performance stipend, or anticipate receiving it in the future.

Plaintiffs brought the instant action against the County of Monterey and its Board of Supervisors (hereafter collectively *831 the County), the County of Monterey Sheriff's Office (Sheriff's Department) 1 and individual defendants, and also against defendants California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and CalPERS's Board of Administration. Plaintiffs sought peremptory writs of mandamus to compel the County to report the longevity performance stipend to CalPERS as an item of…